Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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792. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that the cost of medical cannabis is met at source for persons receiving cannabis under a Ministerial licence rather than through a reimbursement system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24094/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I am very sympathetic to such cases. I asked my officials to examine this issue.

I would however 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.