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Wednesday 21 October 2020
It is hoped it will only be a matter of weeks before patients can use the products.
Satipharm is developing oil and capsule products for sale in Europe.
Only patients with specific medical conditions can access medicinal cannabis under the new programme.
Yesterday, Simon Harris signed the law establishing Ireland’s first medicinal cannabis access scheme,
Simon Harris has today signed legislation to allow for the operation of the Medical Cannabis Access Programme on a pilot basis.
The claim was made earlier this week by GP Dr Ray Walley in debate on cannabis legalisation.
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Junior Minister Sean Canney has discussed the prospect with the company’s management.
The health minister plans to have the medicinal cannabis access scheme up and running in the summer.
The legislation to underpin the medicinal cannabis scheme is due to be signed off on in the coming weeks.
This will make it significantly less of a grey area in Irish law – and it could also herald the start of the Irish cannabis industry.
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Health Minister Simon Harris will bring proposals about the cannabis access programme to Cabinet next month.
The Irish government has found a cannabis supplier in Denmark which can import to Ireland.
The Department of Health said it may review its policy given its difficulty in sourcing cannabis product.
Health Minister Simon Harris says he would like to see Irish farmers growing cannabis crops.
Leo Varadkar broke Dáil rules today by holding up a poster in the chamber.
Officials travelled to Denmark to help sort out Ireland’s problem in sourcing medicinal cannabis last week.
Department of Health officials are working to get medical cannabis products from other EU Member States and further afield.
The move has been welcomed by some, while others say the new rules are still too restrictive.
Billy Caldwell’s mother had met with UK government officials to discuss returning his medicine earlier this week.
Minister Harris told his Cabinet colleagues his department are looking at how to give “quality assurance” to patients.
Noreen O’Neill said her son has been seizure-free for more than a fortnight.
Campaigner Vera Twomey had earlier collapsed outside the gates of Leinster House.
Greenlight Medicines’ James Linden plans to open a new facility in Donegal next year.
The Bill which passed through the Dáil has effectively shelved following a damning report.
Health Minister Simon Harris said the compassionate access programme for medicinal cannabis will be available later this year.
Ava’s mother Vera led a public campaign for her daughter to access medicinal cannabis in Ireland.
Assorted deputies were left stranded inside the gates of Leinster House by the protest.
Injection centres, medicinal cannabis and investment were on the agenda at the IMO’s annual conference.
The Irish Medical Organisation’s AGM is happening in Galway.
Jo Allen has a chronic pain condition and has been getting some relief from cannabis-derived medicine.
Twomey says nothing will happen until the law is changed.
Vera Twomey can’t access medicinal cannabis for her daughter, but legislation is on the way.
Twomey said that, following Tuesday’s meeting in Leinster House, she was given inadequate documents by the HSE.
Upon arriving in Leinster House, Vera could barely make it down the corridors due to being stopped for handshakes.
The meeting will take place at 12pm today.
The mother hopes to arrive at Dáil Éireann on Tuesday.
Vera Twomey is entering day two of the 260km protest walk.
THE IRISH FARMERS Association has urged Irish MEPs to vote to ban words traditionally linked to meat products from being used on vegetarian alternatives.
The European Parliament is to vote this week on the terminology used for plant-based meat and dairy substitutes.
Amendments put forward would restrict the naming of such products so that they could not use terms normally associated with meat products.
One amendment would curtail the use of terms such as ‘steak’, ‘sausage’, ‘escalope’, ‘burger’ or ‘hamburger’ on products that do not exclusively contain meat.
The IFA has written to MEPs urging them to accept both amendments to protect Irish consumers and the agricultural industry here.
IFA President Tim Cullinan said yesterday that dairy products or plant-based meat branded with ‘real’ meat descriptions is “deliberately misleading to our consumers and undermines our industry.”
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