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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)
Michael Harty: I thank Professor Finn. Following Deputy Boyd Barrett, Deputy Kelleher has a question. Then I will bring in Deputy Durkan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)
Michael Harty: Perhaps Deputy Gino Kenny or Professor Finn would answer those questions, after which we will go to Deputy Durkan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)
Michael Harty: I will ask one or two questions to conclude.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)
Michael Harty: Can the Deputy define what the word "medicinal" means in the Bill? Does it mean a medicine in the conventional sense of the word? Does he define cannabis as a medicine? Cannabis is a whole-plant product and has up to 170 different components. How can one define what cannabis means in that context? Much of the Bill refers to herbal cannabis and to selling cannabis by the ounce. I presume...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)
Michael Harty: It is a leaf. Would it be smoked?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)
Michael Harty: Section 44 refers to banning the smoking of cannabis in the workplace in the same way as tobacco is banned. This suggests that smoking cannabis outside the workplace would be acceptable. Can the Deputy comment on that? If pure, synthetic components of the cannabis plant, CBD and THC, could be developed, would that satisfy the provision of medicinal cannabis as a product, as opposed to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)
Michael Harty: Professor Barnes did not recommend that cannabis be smoked but the Bill refers to smoking herbal cannabis.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)
Michael Harty: There were two references to recreational use.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)
Michael Harty: It is Part 3 and Part 11.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)
Michael Harty: It is page 11, section 12(1)(a)(i) states: "safety, risks and benefits of medicinal and/or recreational use". It relates to the cannabis research institute.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)
Michael Harty: Recreational use is also referred to in Part 11 in section 41(3)(e).
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)
Michael Harty: Page 23. It states "have regard to legislative regimes in other jurisdictions concerning the regulation of the recreational and medicinal use of cannabis."
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)
Michael Harty: Does medicinal cannabis, as mentioned in the Bill, refer to smoking cannabis?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)
Michael Harty: I thank Deputy Durkan. Most unusually he has the last word in this debate. On behalf of the committee, I thank Deputy Gino Kenny.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)
Michael Harty: I thank Professor Finn. Deputy Durkan did not have the last word at the meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (5 Apr 2017)
Michael Harty: On behalf of the committee, I thank Dr. Peadar O'Grady, Deputy Gino Kenny and Professor David Finn for attending and engaging in the pre-legislative scrutiny of this Bill. As there is no other business, this meeting of the joint committee is adjourned until 9 a.m. on Thursday, 13 April 2017, when we will hear the views of departmental officials on the Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Business of Joint Committee (30 Mar 2017)
Michael Harty: I wish to call the meeting to order. Members should turn off their mobile phones or switch them to flight mode. I propose to deal with housekeeping matters in private session. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (30 Mar 2017)
Michael Harty: I now propose that we go into public session. Is that agreed? Agreed. We will now deal with scrutiny of EU legislative proposals, COM (2017) 72 and COM (2017) 119. I propose we agree that the proposals listed on schedule B, namely, COM (2017) 72 and COM (2017) 119 do not warrant further scrutiny. Is that agreed? Agreed. The committee will suspend for a few moments to allow the next...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Mar 2017)
Michael Harty: In accordance with Standing Order 141(2), the purpose of this meeting is to scrutinise in detail the provisions of the Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016, in the name of Deputy Howlin. The committee will now meet in this, the first of two sessions in the analysis of the Bill, with Deputy Howlin. Following the conclusion of this session, the committee will meet with...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (30 Mar 2017)
Michael Harty: I thank Deputy Howlin. We will now open discussion to the floor. Our first contributor is Deputy O'Reilly.