A number of weeks ago, Deputy Wynne, who is a Deputy for Clare, and I visited Patrick Moore in Limerick Prison. Patrick is a father of two. He was sentenced to five years in prison and his crime was simply helping people with medicinal cannabis. We spoke to Patrick and his wife. It was very moving to hear that Patrick has been in prison for that time because he helped others. There was a change in the law in 2019 around the medical cannabis access programme. Fewer than 30 people can get access via a prescription. This programme needs to be expanded so that people do not have to go to people like Patrick, be sent to prison or, even worse, go without.

I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I will have to ask the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, to come back to him on this issue. There is a medical cannabis programme, as the Deputy knows, but there are still differing views in the medical profession in particular as to the clinical efficacy and appropriateness of prescribing cannabis. That is part of the issue. Supply is another issue.