Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance)
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48. To ask the Minister for Health when the clinical review of the Medical Cannabis Access Programme will take place; if he will provide the details of those who will sit on the review panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26941/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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In 2016 the Minister for Health requested that the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), convene an expert working group to assist with its review of the potential medical use of cannabis. Following this review the HPRA published “Cannabis for Medical Use – A Scientific Review” in January 2017. Subsequently an expert group was convened to draw up clinical guidance to underpin the functioning of the Medical Cannabis Access Programme which was published in 2019.

In 2022, following completion of an updated evidence review, the Department plans to establish an expert group to further review the use of cannabis for medical use. Members have not yet been appointed to this review panel as work is ongoing on the research aspect of this work.