Written answers
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Department of Health
Legislative Process
Liam Quaide (Cork East, Social Democrats)
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1598. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a timeline on legislation that would add HHC as a Schedule 1 controlled drug to the misuse of drugs legislative framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11188/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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Department officials, together with the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, have drafted legislation to add HHC to the list of Schedule 1 controlled drugs under the Misuse of Drugs legislative framework. While I cannot give a precise timeline It is expected that this legislation will be brought to Government in the coming weeks.
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