Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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367. To ask the Minister for Health if he will legislate to allow the Health Products Regulatory Authority to fully control the use sale and promotion of MMS and CD. [39772/14]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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Under the Medicinal Products (Control of Placing on the Market) Regulations 2007, as amended, a medicinal product cannot be placed on the market in Ireland unless it has a marketing authorisation from the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) or a community marketing authorisation from the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Any product which makes a medicinal claim requires an authorisation under this legislation. Master Mineral Solution (MMS) or CD is not authorised as a medicine for sale or supply in Ireland and it is therefore an offence to place this product on the market in Ireland without a marketing authorisation.

The HPRA has confirmed that it is actively following up on this issue as a matter of urgency. The HPRA is satisfied that it has sufficient powers to investigate attempts to supply this product in Ireland.