It’s still worth doing. All parties have “private member’s time” in which they can introduce bills or motions. This is a good use of PBP’s slot. It forces the debate to happen and it generates media coverage of the issue. If you want to convince enough people you need people talking about it on RTÉ and in the papers.
It also forces TDs to put their views on the record. That’s useful, especially given how often you hear people asking on here, “which politicians support legalisation”.
do it!!!!
Watch FG/FF say one mans stepping stone is another mans floodgates.
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‘Introduced’ makes it sound like it’s going into law.
And let’s be clear here, this bill isn’t going to pass.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, the government will not allow the opposition to write laws as important as this.
Ireland will not decriminalise any recreational drug without the UK doing so also. A solo run is never going to happen.
You never know we went solo with the smoking ban ..
This isn’t going to pass, and that’s fine. It won’t have the votes, and even if it did the government would kill it before committee stage by refusing it a money message (which, by the way, [is a bad practice that will come back to bite us all someday)](https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/government-blocking-of-legislation-is-constitutionally-dubious-1.3924971)
It’s still worth doing. All parties have “private member’s time” in which they can introduce bills or motions. This is a good use of PBP’s slot. It forces the debate to happen and it generates media coverage of the issue. If you want to convince enough people you need people talking about it on RTÉ and in the papers.
It also forces TDs to put their views on the record. That’s useful, especially given how often you hear people asking on here, “which politicians support legalisation”.
do it!!!!
Watch FG/FF say one mans stepping stone is another mans floodgates.
We do love the old floodgates here in Ireland.