Written answers

Wednesday, 10 March 2021

Photo of Gino KennyGino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance)
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905. To ask the Minister for Health if he considers the trace amount of THC in products derived from the EU hemp crop to be controlled within the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13152/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As some of the matters referred to by the Deputy are the subject of legal proceedings I am not in a position to comment on the matter.

Photo of Gino KennyGino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance)
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906. To ask the Minister for Health if EU hemp food products which contain trace amounts of THC are controlled within the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13153/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 , Article 2, the Definition of “food” states that “food shall not includenarcotic or psychotropic substances within the meaning of the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, and the United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances, 1971”.

Photo of Gino KennyGino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance)
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907. To ask the Minister for Health if EU authorities regulate EU hemp food products which contain trace amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol, THC, as products controlled within the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13154/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 , Article 2, the Definition of “food” states that “food shall not include narcotic or psychotropic substances within the meaning of the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, and the United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances, 1971”.

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