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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (4 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: 276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will grant a speech and language teacher to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16647/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: 514. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the care pathway and level of unmet need in primary and secondary care health services for children who could be diagnosed with ADHD, whose estimated number in the child population is reported as several multiples of the capacity of secondary care CAMHS services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16276/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child Care Services Provision (4 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: 515. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the quoted CAMHS standard operating procedure. SOP, in terms of the proportion of CAMHS staff, including consultant child psychiatrists, that have signed agreement to the SOP as is required before implementation as per HSE policy and in terms of other issues (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16277/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) wishes to retain an extra school teacher it acquired in 2016; if the school can retain the extra teacher it acquired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16498/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the decision to make cutbacks in the provision of all learning support in English and mathematics and in the provision of resource hours at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16499/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: I want to explain the rationale for bringing forward this Bill. First and foremost, this is about trying to alleviate unnecessary suffering. People may have had prejudged perceptions about the benefits of medicinal cannabis but the situation is constantly evolving into a more enlightened and educated debate. What has driven me as an elected representative over the course of the past nine...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: I will try to answer as much as possible. It is a great deal of information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: Senator Burke asked about the current law on compassionate access. One family has got access, but it is extremely restrictive. There is another family which has applied for a licence but, thus far, they have not been successful. As such, the access scheme under the Minister's remit is completely inadequate at this time. On a long-term basis, it will not work. There is also the matter of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: If somebody is to get access to medicinal cannabis, it will have to be under a doctor's recommendation. As such, he or she will have to have a certificate to say that his or her condition could greatly benefit from medicinal cannabis. The person will obviously have that certificate on his or her person all the time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: I cannot control perception but that is the reality and it is what our Bill says. Section 32 sets out the requirement for a recommendation by a registered medical practitioner and states:Cannabis for medicinal use may only be sold on the certification of a registered medical practitioner, on a form approved by the Authority, that the patient has a condition for which a trial of cannabis or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: I have quotes from the Deputy. I will speak to them in a second.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: I will repeat what Deputy O'Connell said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: To reply to some of the points made by Deputy O'Connell, there is a huge body of evidence on this issue. The most contemporary report is probably the Barnes report. Its author, Professor Michael Barnes, will make a presentation on the benefits of medicinal cannabis in the audio-visual room tomorrow. I hope the Deputy will attend and be enlightened. The Health Products Regulatory...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: There is plenty of evidence available. Deputy O'Connell clearly takes a biased view of the Bill and I am sure she will not vote for it. That is fair enough, and while the Deputy is entitled to her opinion, I would like to address the extraordinary statement she made last month.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: Deputy O'Connell stated-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: I have answered the Deputy's question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: Has Deputy O'Connell read the Barnes report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: Where is the Deputy's evidence?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)

Gino Kenny: I ask Professor Finn to contribute.