Annie Hoey (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I will not ask any further questions, but I suggest that it is very important for his brief that the Minister of State understands the difference between decriminalisation and legalisation, the impact that will have on drug use, what we are saying and the perceived permission we are giving. They are two very different things. Conflating the two is not very helpful to the Minister of State, or to us, as we go forward in this conversation.