Review group to be set up to consider protocol on administration of medicinal cannabis in hospitals

Review to include consideration for introduction of Ava's Protocol after Cork girl Ava Barry

Vera Twomey with her daughter Ava Barry in 2016. Picture: Denis Minihane

Terms of reference are being drawn up for a review of the medicinal cannabis access programme which will include consideration for the introduction of a protocol named after Cork girl Ava Barry.

The 13-year-old, from Aghabullogue, was provided with access to medicinal cannabis for treatment for seizures arising from a form of epilepsy called Dravet syndrome, after a campaign by her mother Vera Twomey.