Written answers

Wednesday, 24 March 2021

Department of Health

Medicinal Products

Photo of Thomas PringleThomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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1370. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to allow patients using medication from a company (details supplied) the same security following his announcement that medication under the compassionate access programme will in future be funded at source for patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14071/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I am very sympathetic to such cases. I have asked my officials to see whether we can fund this at source. I do not yet know whether this is possible.

I would refer the Deputy to Section 10B of the Health Act 2004 (as inserted by section 6 of the Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2013), under which the Minister for Health may not give a direction to the Executive in the manner as sought by the Deputy.

Photo of Thomas PringleThomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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1371. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct that measures be put in place that patients using a medication from a company (details supplied) are funded at source in the same way as patients prescribed medical cannabis under the compassionate access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14072/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I am very sympathetic to such cases. I have asked my officials to see whether we can fund this at source. I do not yet know whether this is possible. 

I would refer the Deputy to Section 10B of the Health Act 2004 (as inserted by section 6 of the Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2013), under which the Minister for Health may not give a direction to the Executive in the manner as sought by the Deputy.

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