Medical cannabis access
Deputy Gino Kenny challenged the Taoiseach on delays in making medical cannabis available, insisting the issue was not supplier misinformation. The exchange deteriorated into repeated interruptions and accusations, with Ministers and the Chair intervening before the Chair ruled that posters and other paraphernalia were not allowed.
Under the Misuse of Drugs Acts from 1977 to 2016, the Minister for Health can issue a licence for cannabis on medical grounds and has done so on 23 occasions for 12 different patients. We are working proactively to make sure this product is available to people who need it and who have a prescription for it. The HPRA advises us that there is a problem finding a supplier. It should be borne in mind that medicines have to be produced to a certain standard. The HPRA says there is a difficulty identifying an appropriate supplier. I am disappointed that the Deputy seems to believe this is some sort of tactic, misinformation or disinformation-----
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Two years. It is not an issue with the supplier.
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-----from the HPRA. I understand the UK has run into similar difficulty. Given that Deputy Kenny is speaking about misinformation-----
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It is not misinformation.
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The Taoiseach is a disgrace.
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The Taoiseach is a disgrace.
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The Taoiseach is a disgrace.
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The Taoiseach is a disgrace.
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The Taoiseach is a disgrace. That is the lowest thing I have seen here.
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Deputy Kenny did not call David McCullagh a disgrace when he showed it to him last night. Why would he call this a disgrace?
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The Government has had two years to get this right and has done nothing.
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Why did Deputy Kenny not call David McCullagh a disgrace?
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Thousands of people are suffering. The Government is a joke.
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The Taoiseach is a disgrace. I want him to withdraw that remark.
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I want the Taoiseach to withdraw that remark.
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The Taoiseach is making accusations with that poster.
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The Taoiseach should do what he was about to do.
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I want the Taoiseach to withdraw that remark.
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The Taoiseach has not said anything.
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The Taoiseach is implying in the poster-----
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Why did he introduce the poster? That was a year and a half ago. It has nothing to do with us.