Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 November 2020
1121. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the delivery of products licensed under the ministerial licence for cannabis-based treatments that happened during the pandemic will be continued; if his attention has been drawn to the comfort this has given families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32296/20]
View answerOn the 6th April, the previous Minister for Health announced an initiative to assist patients access to their medical cannabis products during the COVID-19 pandemic period. The Department of Health has so far organised a number of collections from the Netherlands for patients of clinicians in possession of a ministerial licence under the Misuse of Drugs Act owing to the COVID-19 travel restrictions and quarantine requirements and the initiative will continue while these are in place.
