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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cannabis Access Programme Update: Discussion (29 Sep 2021)

Seán Crowe: I thank Mr. Flanagan and invite Dr. Nolan from the HPRA to make her opening remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cannabis Access Programme Update: Discussion (29 Sep 2021)

Seán Crowe: Thank you. I will open it up to members. I call Deputy Bernard Durkan, who has come straight from the Dáil Chamber.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cannabis Access Programme Update: Discussion (29 Sep 2021)

Seán Crowe: Thank you. Who wishes to respond?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cannabis Access Programme Update: Discussion (29 Sep 2021)

Seán Crowe: We are having some IT difficulties. I ask the witnesses to bear with us. We can hear Mr. Flanagan loud and clear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cannabis Access Programme Update: Discussion (29 Sep 2021)

Seán Crowe: Maybe the committee could follow up on that suggestion on monitoring.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cannabis Access Programme Update: Discussion (29 Sep 2021)

Seán Crowe: I listened to the submissions this morning. It seems a very tortuous route to try to get access to a product. Mr. O'Connor said that in recent years, the use of cannabis products for medical reasons has been an issue of social and political debate in Ireland and abroad and there have been calls for cannabis products to be made available to Irish patients. My understanding is that trying to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cannabis Access Programme Update: Discussion (29 Sep 2021)

Seán Crowe: With regard to the difficulty with the Dutch authorities, is there anything we can do as a committee or as legislators in that regard? Does there have to be a conversation between the Department of Justice here and its equivalent in the Netherlands, or can anybody answer that question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cannabis Access Programme Update: Discussion (29 Sep 2021)

Seán Crowe: I am sorry, Mr. Brennan, but we cannot hear you. We are having difficulty hearing you at this end. What were you saying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cannabis Access Programme Update: Discussion (29 Sep 2021)

Seán Crowe: No, it is still very low. Would taking the headphones off make a difference?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cannabis Access Programme Update: Discussion (29 Sep 2021)

Seán Crowe: Thank you. Some more members have arrived. They were at other meetings. I call Senator Conway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cannabis Access Programme Update: Discussion (29 Sep 2021)

Seán Crowe: I now invite Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne. The Deputy is very welcome. I believe it is her first time to address the health committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cannabis Access Programme Update: Discussion (29 Sep 2021)

Seán Crowe: A few of those questions were answered during the meeting. Perhaps the witnesses could concentrate on the last one, although it was touched on as well. We are running out of time. This is the health committee and we want to work to guidelines laid down by the Houses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cannabis Access Programme Update: Discussion (29 Sep 2021)

Seán Crowe: Yes, it does. Thank you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cannabis Access Programme Update: Discussion (29 Sep 2021)

Seán Crowe: Yes, please. Some of the members could not hear you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cannabis Access Programme Update: Discussion (29 Sep 2021)

Seán Crowe: I thank Mr. O'Connor for guiding us through this morning's meeting and farming out questions to the others. It was a useful exercise for the committee and, I hope, for people listening at home and going through a process or seeking information. This morning's meeting has thrown up a number of questions for us, as legislators, but also as the committee dealing with health matters. We might...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2021)

Seán Crowe: I listened to the Minister earlier and I think the biggest challenge he faces is that no one believes him. I am not talking about people on these benches; I think the people who are on the waiting lists do not believe him. We have a broken health system, and that is a big problem. We heard the numbers earlier: 900,000 of our citizens are on waiting lists. That is a staggering statistic....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Sep 2021)

Seán Crowe: 443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of CO2 monitors that have been delivered to schools; the number of monitors required for the total commitment of a monitor in every classroom; and the current projected cost of the project. [46109/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (28 Sep 2021)

Seán Crowe: 642. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has returned to full ICT functionality; and if not, the estimated date for achieving this. [46110/21]

Criminal Justice (Public Order) (Quadbikes and Scramblers) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Sep 2021)

Seán Crowe: I come to this debate very frustrated but hopeful the issue can be progressed. I look forward to the rest of the debate, and no doubt I will hear stories from various Deputies. The misuse of quads and scrambler bikes in our public spaces is a problem stretching back years, as we heard from the previous speaker. From the dangers posed to both untrained users and pedestrians to the scars...