Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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196. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish guidelines on the integration of complementary and traditional medicine in the health care services. [21542/16]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I have no plans to publish guidelines on the integration of complementary and traditional medicines.

The Deputy may be interested to note that under medicines legislation a medicine must be authorised either nationally by the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) or centrally by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) before being placed on the market. Traditional herbal medicines must also be approved before being made available for sale. The Registration Scheme for manufacturers of traditional herbal medicines is operated by the HPRA.