Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I have previously raised on a number occasions in this format the status of a Bill which I put forward last year, namely, the Medicinal Cannabis Bill. Thankfully, on 1 December the Bill received cross-party support in the Dáil. Since then the Bill has completed the pre-legislative scrutiny process and it is now with the Parliamentary Legal Adviser. I understand this stuff - scrutiny and so on - has to take place. However, there is no doubt in my mind that the Committee on Health is trying to frustrate passage of this Bill. I have no doubt that that is going to happen despite that Vera Twomey and many others could benefit from its enactment. Will the Taoiseach put pressure on the Committee on Health to bring the Bill forward to Committee Stage?

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