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

Over the weekend, the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use completed its work after six months. The clear message from the citizens' assembly is to end the status quo. As I said to the Taoiseach two weeks ago, we have had six decades of this that have failed. People have been criminalised. They have been brought through the criminal justice system and through the prison system. It just has not worked. Surely the Taoiseach will admit that the system we have now does not work. There is a clear message. There are 36 recommendations from the assembly. One of the main recommendations is to have a health-led approach via decriminalisation. In the time remaining of its term, will the Government legislate to implement the recommendations of the citizens' assembly?

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