Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

Some time ago the Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, with special responsibility for drugs strategy, Deputy Noel Ahern, said cannabis should be legalised for terminally ill patients. When is it intended to introduce legislation giving effect to the statement by the Minister of State?

Every weekend, all over the country, there are instances of binge drinking in towns and elsewhere. Under the relevant section of the Act, beer bottles and cans are to be labelled at the point of purchase. This section of the Act has not been implemented. No criticism of those who sell the products is implied, but it might be helpful to the Garda in terms of acts of vandalism and so on to determine where beer was purchased. When might the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform give effect to that section of the Act?

We are now half-way through this Dáil term and there are quite a few Bills on the priority list as yet unpublished. For instance, when will we have the institutes of technology Bill and the University College Galway (Amendment) Bill? Is it the Taoiseach's view that we will see these Bills published on the priority list, as was committed to, before we reach the end of this Dáil term?

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