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

On 1 December last year the Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 that I tabled passed Second Stage and on 9 November 2017 it was agreed that it would go to Committee Stage.

Last week, I received two documents on the same day, one from the Ceann Comhairle, for which I thank him, and one from the office of the Minister for Health stating that the Bill will be stifled on a money matter. It is pretty outrageous that people are playing politics with people's lives. The Minister will acknowledge that families, such as Vera Twomey's, and other individuals should never go through the torture that the Twomey family has gone through. They should not be medical exiles in this country. People should be prescribed medication in Ireland.

I think the Minister for Health is on our side in some ways and she should let this Bill go forward to Committee Stage. Let us amend it together because it is not perfect, to help citizens of this country.

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