James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

I accept this is difficult legislation and that it will never be perfect. Will the Minister for Health and Children insist that all products sold in head shops are approved by the Irish Medicines Board and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland? These people will go back to their private, illegal laboratories and create substances not covered by the ban, in which case new legislation will be required. A provision that anything they sell must be passed by the Irish Medicines Board and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland-----

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