Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Vera Twomey is someone I have gotten to know very well in recent years. She and her daughter, Ava, now have not only the treatment they were looking for but also the financial support of the State to ensure that medication will continue to be provided for Ava. I understand that medication is working very well. That is a successful outcome to what has been a difficult case. The Minister has always said that he has an open mind in terms of the medical use of cannabis. How that might best be introduced has not been finalised. It is currently possible for the Minister to provide an import licence for drugs as part of a course of treatment supported by the advice of a consultant doctor.

This is, of course, how we got the Vera Twomey case finalised in the end. It is not true to say nothing has been happening here, but we need to proceed with caution in this area because it is not straightforward.

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