A criminal justice-focused approach to drug use had ‘not worked well enough’, the deputy chair of the committee said.

Mr Byrne introduced the Bill in the Dáil along with Deputy Naoise O’Cearuil last April.

The Cabinet signed off on new guidelines for apartment building brought by Minister James Browne on Tuesday.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said her party would push for a ‘truncated’ process to finalise committees

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said the momentum around reducing emissions is ‘not fast enough’.

The exchange occurred at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice which had invited migrants’ rights groups to discuss the EU Migration Pact.