Thomas Gould
Question:602. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he has contacted his counterparts in the UK and Northern Ireland to discuss their arrangements for the importation of medicinal cannabis. [43431/20]
View answerTuesday, 15 December 2020
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This question is being answered on the understanding that the Deputy is referring to importation of individual prescriptions for named patients.
Officials in my Department have been in contact with their counterparts in the UK. UK importers have been using couriers throughout COVID-19 to collect the dispensed prescriptions from a pharmacy in the Netherlands on a named patient basis only. The UK Government does not organise the collections and does not cover the cost of collection and import, except for the NHS prescriptions. Home Office policy allows for other unlicensed cannabis-based products for medicinal use to be imported in anticipation of prescriptions giving wholesalers a small stock on which to draw.