A Clare Government Senator insists a Citizen’s Assembly on drug use must be held this year.
The three coalition parties committed to holding one during the lifetime of the current Government, which advocates say could be a major opportunity to rethink drug policy in Ireland.
Taoiseach Micheal Martin has suggested the assembly will happen before 2023, though it’s understood assemblies on a directly-elected Dublin mayor and biodiversity loss will happen first.
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Inagh-based Green Senator Roisin Garvey says there shouldn’t be any further delays in the process.
