John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have two related questions. The first relates to the recently published, and much welcomed, Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016. All sides agree that it is urgent, so can the Tánaiste give some indication of a timeframe for its passage? The programme for Government commits the Government to the development and implementation of a national drugs strategy and I understand work is going on in that regard. Can an update on progress be circulated to Members of the House and arrangements be made for a debate on the strategy in advance of it being published? In this way Members would be able to have an input into the strategy.

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