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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Mr. Lennon referred to the Bill seeking to establish a cannabis research institute, and in his opinion it is not necessary because there is much research into the illegal, recreational use of cannabis already. On the cannabis research institute, are there other examples of similar research institutes in this State specific to one product?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: We will take questions now. I call Senator Colm Burke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: Yes. That is convention.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I will take the questions in groups of three, if the witnesses are agreeable. I call Deputy O'Connell and then Deputy Bernard J. Durkan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: We should not put them on the spot. If they can comment, they will.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: We, too, are constantly learning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: The purpose of this committee is to hear the evidence and question the people who are here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I fully understand that but there will not be any back and forth between members. That can take place outside. I would like the members to stick with the job on hand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: There is a long list of questions that have been asked. Can we try to get through them as best we can? If anything is missed, any member wishing to come back in will have an opportunity later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: If I may interrupt for a moment, I am obliged by another commitment to absent myself from the chair for a short time. I nominate Senator Colm Burke to take my place if there are no objections. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (11 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: It is already on the public record of the proceedings of the committee, but I will send it to the Minister of State.

Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (11 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I visited Sligo and Donegal for meetings recently and while I was there, I spoke to parents and families who are dependent on health services in the North. They are neighbours. It is very close. As we have said - I will not be the first or the last to say it - disease does not recognise a border. I do not either but certainly, disease definitely does not. These people are very dependent...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if research has been carried out on the need to expand the number of places for children with autism spectrum disorder at primary school level in Skerries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18096/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a shortage of specific primary school placements for children with ASD in the Skerries area; his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18098/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to plans to expand the provision of services at primary school level in the Skerries area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18097/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 590. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures available to health service staff for debriefing following a critical or traumatic incident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18090/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 591. To ask the Minister for Health the number of debriefings following a critical or traumatic incident that have taken place by region, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18091/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 592. To ask the Minister for Health if counselling is offered to staff following critical or traumatic incidents; and the number of staff that availed of such counselling in each of the years 2013 to 2016 [18092/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (11 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 743. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the underpass at Skerries train station has been closed; if the decision to close the underpass was as a result of a safety report; if so, if he will provide a copy of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17698/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: I wish to ask about the assisted human reproduction Bill, which I have raised a few times. I was advised via a parliamentary question that officials were working on the heads of the Bill last year, but many families are desperate to know when we will see it. A report was undertaken by the Health Research Board, HRB, but my understanding is that this has been concluded. If nothing is...