Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Anti-Austerity Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Before this session I went for a walk and as I walked into town with Vera Twomey and her army of supporters, there were construction workers on scaffolds who stopped to applaud them, cars that honked and women on the streets with shopping bags who came out to shake her hand. My question for the Taoiseach is this. When will we have progress on the AAA-PBP Bill to legalise medicinal cannabis? It was passed its Second Stage in this House before Christmas but I understand it is not due to be discussed on Committee Stage until 5 April, nearly a month away. Given the urgency of the issues at stake, is the Taoiseach willing to intervene to assist in bringing that date forward?

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