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

Earlier this week, the Health Research Board, HRB, published a report on the future of the medical cannabis access programme, MCAP. It is an extensive report of over 220 pages. While it addresses the limitations around medical cannabis, it endorses expanding the programme, particularly for people with nerve pain and neuropathic pain. Thus far, the MCAP has been extremely restrictive, with only 50 people prescribed medical cannabis since the scheme was set up in 2019. The majority of people who want to access the programme cannot access it. Does the Tánaiste agree the programme is very restrictive? Will he endorse its expansion to include other conditions?

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