Michael Harty (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

On the same issue, the Cannabis for Medicinal Use Regulation Bill 2016 presents a unique procedural issue. The health committee scrutinised the Bill and issued a report which was debated in the Dáil. For reasons best known to the political parties involved, the report was not accepted and was returned to the committee for consideration. However, the committee cannot consider the Bill further until a money message is issued. An application for a money message was made in February 2017 and, 13 months later, it has yet to issue. When will the Taoiseach issue a money message or at least make a decision on whether a money message will be issued or not? It is a unique situation that a Bill has been considered and reported on by a committee, the Dáil rejected the report and sent it back to the committee but it is precluded from looking at the Bill further because no money message has been issued.

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