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

This has been a long journey and the end of that journey last Wednesday, when we finally saw the law being changed and people being given access, was one of the proudest days in my time in the Dáil. I am contacted daily by people who want to see progress on this issue. To be fair to the Minister, he wants to see progress. We probably differ on certain issues but we got there in the end. It has been a brutal, protracted process. An issue that has been raised over the last three years is the omission of chronic pain from the guidelines, especially from the HPRA's scientific report. The efficacy of cannabis for chronic pain has been well researched. It is viable as a substitute for opiate-based medicines. In the five-year pilot project, will other conditions, especially relating to chronic pain, be added to the programme?

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