Simon Harris pledges to take action on Medicinal Cannabis
Minister makes promise to mother of child, with catastrophic form of epilepsy.
The Minister made the promise to Vera Twomey after she embarked on a walk from County Cork to Leinster House, in order to draw attention to this issue.
Her six year old daughter, Ava Barry, has a catastrophic form of epilepsy but is now almost seizure free after she started taking two doses of Cannabis Oil a day.
Ava suffers from Dravet Syndrome and needed around - the - clock care before she started taking Cannabidiol Oil earlier this month. Ms. Twomey is calling for a change to Irish law to allow for Cannabis to be used for medicinal purposes.
Cannabis for medicinal purposes is legal in a number of countries including The Netherlands, The Czech Republic, Canada, Australia, Malta, Croatia and some US states. It is usually made available on prescription from doctors and supplied in a standardised form through pharmacies.
Mr. Harris said that the government had ordered a review of the Republic's policy on Medicinal Cannabis.
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