Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Yesterday, Noreen O'Neill returned from Barcelona having filled a prescription for medical cannabis for her son Michael but the medication was taken from her by customs officials in Dublin Airport. Unfortunately, Noreen is not the first and will not be the last parent to go through this. On a weekly basis, parents are travelling to other jurisdictions in order to access healthcare for their children. This situation is completely untenable and shambolic. Two years have passed but the Government has still not acted on the cannabis access programme recommended by the Health Products Regulatory Authority. The Government has failed to act on an issue affecting so many families who have to travel abroad to obtain health care for their children and who are breaking the law in doing so. It is totally unacceptable.

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