Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In the Lower House, Deputy Kelleher, together with other Opposition Deputies, called for a designated Minister with responsibility for drugs. The issue is so serious that it requires such a step.

Finally, in welcoming this legislation and in giving my party's full support to it, I wish to remember a colleague from the last Seanad who was highly active, together with many other colleagues, in fighting to have the head shops regulated and, thankfully, closed down in the vast majority of cases, namely, the late Nicky McFadden. It is something on which she worked hard and I wish to have that remembered this morning.