Written answers
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Department of Health
Cannabis for Medicinal Use
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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984. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people accessing products via the medical cannabis access programme, for each product, by condition, by year, in tabular form. [39582/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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985. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people accessing products under the ministerial licence for cannabis products, for each product, by condition, by year, in tabular form. [39583/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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The Ministerial Licence system has been operating since 2016. To date there have been 80 patients in total treated under the programme, as per the table below. There are currently 26 patients receiving treatment under the system.
As the decision to treat is a clinical one between Doctor and patient and is one in which the Minister for Health has no role it would not be appropriate to include patients conditions or the products they are being treated with in this response.
| New Patients | |
|---|---|
| Totals for each year | Patients |
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2018 | 11 |
| 2019 | 16 |
| 2020 | 21 |
| 2021 | 17 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| Total | 80 |
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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986. To ask the Minister for Health the status of all products which are, or were, available under the medical cannabis access programme, in tabular form; the year a product was added to the scheme; the year a product was removed from the scheme; the year a product became available in Ireland; whether any products which are on the scheme remain unavailable in the State; if so, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39584/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy is referred to the table below.
| Product | Year Added | Year Removed | Available in Ireland | Product Unavailable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora High CBD Oil Drops* | 2019 | N/A | No | Yes |
| CannEpil (TM) | 2019 | N/A | Yes | No |
| Tilray Oral Solution THC10:CBD10 (25ml) | 2019 | N/A | Yes | No |
| Aurora Sedamen Softgels* | 2020 | N/A | No | Yes |
| Oleo Bedrobinol | 2021 | N/A | Yes | No |
| Oleo Bedrocan | 2021 | N/A | Yes | No |
| Althea CBD12:THC10 (50ml) | 2022 | N/A | Yes | No |
| Oleo Genetics 10:10 | 2023 | N/A | Yes | No |
| Oleo Genetics 25:1 | 2023 | N/A | Yes | No |
| Althea THC20:CBD1 (50ml) | 2023 | N/A | Yes | No |
| Dynabis 25THC:25CBD | 2025 | N/A | Yes | No |
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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987. To ask the Minister for Health the average processing time for access to medical cannabis products under the access programme and under Ministerial licence, in tabular form. [39585/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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Departmental Officials have been informed by the HSE that applications received by them under the Medical Cannabis Access Programme (MCAP) have a turnaround time of 3 working days. For the most part these applications are processed under the 3 day timeframe.
Complete Ministerial Licence applications received by the Department of Health are targeted to be completed in 2-3 working days.
| - | Application Completion |
|---|---|
| Ministerial Licence | 3 days |
| MCAP | 2-3 days |
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