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

The Taoiseach spoke about the issue of access to medicinal cannabis numerous times in the last Dáil, to his credit. It is three and a half years since the Health Products Regulatory Authority recommended that a medical cannabis programme be set up. Last year, the law was changed in this country. For the first time, medical practitioners could legally prescribe medical cannabis. Since then, not one person has been prescribed medical cannabis unless they go through the licensing system. As the Taoiseach knows, this system is extremely bureaucratic and those people have to go to Holland and so forth. Can the Taoiseach give a commitment that this programme, which is in the programme for Government, will be commenced as soon as possible?

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