Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

Last Saturday morning Vera Twomey and her family packed their bags, left their home in Aghabullogue, County Cork and travelled to the Netherlands where they will remain not for days or weeks but for months, at least. They have done this to obtain medicine for their sick child. They have effectively been forced out of the country by Government policy. Shame on the Government. Last December Deputy Gino Kenny's Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 passed First and Second Stages. Now, seven months later and mere weeks from the summer recess, it has still not been taken on Committee Stage. Why is that? The health committee has stated it is waiting for legal advice. When will it receive that written legal advice and when will it meet to discuss amendments?

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