Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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1672. To ask the Minister for Health if permission for the use of a drug will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34886/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Epidiolex has been an approved medicine since September 2019, is not licence required and the decision to prescribe the product is a matter for the clinician and their patient.

It is important to note that the medical decision to prescribe or not prescribe any treatment, including cannabis-based treatment, for an individual patient, is strictly a decision for the treating clinician, in consultation with their patient. The Minister for Health has no role in this clinical decision-making process.