Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 311: To ask the Minister for Health if any drugs used in lethal injection executions are manufactured here (details supplied); if the manufacture of these drugs is regulated and reported to a Government body; if he will consider an export ban or the addition of these drugs to the list of controlled substances should they be manufactured here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14172/11]

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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The drugs mentioned by the Deputy have legitimate medical uses i.e. in anaesthesia, as a muscle relaxant and to treat potassium deficiency. The Irish Medicines Board (IMB) is the regulatory body for the manufacture in Ireland of medicines for human and veterinary use and has confirmed that none of these drugs is manufactured in Ireland.