Louis O'Hara (Galway East, Sinn Fein)
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1585. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ban the use of hexahydrocannabinol vapes in Ireland; the timeline for the ban; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30333/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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It is intended that shortly HHC will be added to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations as a Schedule 1 controlled drugs.

The focus of policy and action in relation to vapes containing nicotine is to reduce uptake by children and young people. The Public Health (Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill, which is currently being drafted, will contain a range of measures to reduce the appeal of nicotine inhaling products to young people. This includes:

• a ban on point-of-sale display and advertising of these products in most shops
• restrictions on the colours and imagery used on nicotine inhaling products and their packaging
• a ban on devices resembling toys or games
• restrictions on flavours for sale and requirements for only basic flavour names to be used, and
• a prohibition on the sale of single-use vapes