986. Deputy David Cullinane asked 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…
Topics / Cannabis for Medicinal Use
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsCannabis for Medicinal Use
34 questions from 12 TDs, between 2 April 2025 and 6 October 2026.
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987. Deputy David Cullinane asked 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]
848. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); if the Government plans to expand access to medicinal cannabis for a larger scope of illnesses beyond what is currently offered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37665/25]
1335. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason the health research board does not routinely conduct or commission market surveillance to test illicit cannabis products for synthetic contaminants, despite evidence from other jurisdictions of such adulteration. [29262/25]
1336. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health whether the health research board’s attribution of harms, such as those in a report (details supplied), to cannabis itself without distinguishing between natural cannabis and synthetic cannabinoid adulterants reflects a deliberate policy to generalize risks, potentially skewing public health data and perceptions. [29263/25]
1337. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the steps the Government will take to ensure that public health messaging and research accurately differentiate between harms caused by cannabis and those caused by unregulated synthetic contaminants, particularly in the context of ongoing debates about cannabis legalization, to protect consumers and inform evidence-based policy. [29264/25]
1414. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the clinical review of the medical cannabis access programme has been completed; if so, if she publish the recommendations of the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29565/25]
210. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of applicants to the Medical Cannabis Access Programme in each year since 2017; and the number of successful applicants to the scheme in the same period, in tabular form. [24716/25]
341. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health her plans for the regulation of cannabinoid products sold in shops around the State. [16274/25]