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‹ An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business Drug decriminalisation debate request
Summary
The acting Leader agreed to seek a debate with the Minister of State on drug decriminalisation, while Ó Ríordáin clarified the reference to a working group report and thanked him.
Perhaps we can bring in the Minister, and, as a group, discuss all of these issues with the Minister and clarify many of them.
Senator Ó Ríordáin spoke about Scotland and tough justice. I remember discussing the drugs issue many years ago, involving cannabis, crack cocaine and other drugs. The Senator called on the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, to come before this House to debate the matter and broader issues of crime and poverty, as well as for the publication of a report on-----
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It was a working group report on-----