Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

We talk about what Portugal is doing and we know there are changes, trends, etc. Whether you say there is merit or not to it, the policing position is that you cannot tell them otherwise and you cannot prove otherwise. They are also aware of the ability of the State to fund all the different sectors which will have to be funded to provide this purely health-led approach and they have have no confidence that money will be provided.