Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

May I comment on Mr. Lennon's statement? I tabled this Bill last July. I tried to consider the matter as objectively as possible and took off my political hat. That was ten or 11 months ago. Undoubtedly, we have come far. The debate has been educational for everyone involved and enlightening for the majority. We have heard heartbreaking testimonies from people who I and, probably, Mr. Lennon have met and who were in terrible circumstances. However, if this journey has only been about the cannabis access programme that the Government is promoting, that is not progress. In fact, the Department is condemning those who use medicinal cannabis to criminality. That is criminal and immoral. Other European jurisdictions have set up broader medicinal cannabis access schemes without the world falling apart or the sky falling down.