Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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373. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has reviewed the schedule of banned substances in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the mechanisms in place for the updating of the schedule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52978/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy's question is understood to be referring to the controlling of substances under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977, as amended, whereby substances controlled are listed in schedules with differing levels of control applying to each schedule.

Given this any review of these schedules would be a matter which falls under the remit of my colleague the Minister for Health Dr. James Reilly T.D.