2017/68
Controlled Drugs and Harm Reduction Bill 2017
Introduced
24 May 2017
Last action
29 January 2025 · Bill Lapsed
Status
Current
Sponsors
Brian Ó Domhnaill, Joan Freeman, Kevin Humphreys, Frances Black, Ivana Bacik, David P.B. Norris, Gerard P. Craughwell, Ged Nash, Lynn Ruane, Alice-Mary Higgins, Grace O'Sullivan, John Dolan, Michael McDowell, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Colette Kelleher, Victor Boyhan, Billy Lawless
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5 March 2025
Official titles
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1 official language
Irish
An Bille um Dhrugaí Rialaithe agus um Dhochar a Laghdú, 2017
Summary
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977-2016 to provide for the decriminalisation for possession of controlled drugs for personal use and to provide for regulations regarding personal use; to establish a Drug Dissuasion Service to case-manage persons found in possession of controlled drugs and to divert people away from the courts by providing a system of harm reduction measures including drug awareness, drug rehabilitation and community engagement programmes; and to provide for related matters
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Timeline
24 May 2017
Published
24 May 2017
First Stage
Source: Seanad Éireann
31 May 2017
Second Stage
Current
Source: Seanad Éireann
27 March 2020
Bill Lapsed
Source: Seanad Éireann
29 January 2025
Bill Lapsed
Source: Seanad Éireann
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Documents
2 official files
Explanatory Memorandum
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Explanatory Memorandum
pdf · EN · 24 May 2017
As Initiated
pdf · EN · 24 May 2017
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Sponsors
- Brian Ó Domhnaill · Sponsor
- Joan Freeman · Sponsor
- Kevin Humphreys · Sponsor
- Frances Black · Sponsor
- Ivana Bacik · Sponsor
- David P.B. Norris · Sponsor
- Gerard P. Craughwell · Sponsor
- Ged Nash · Sponsor
- Lynn Ruane · Sponsor
- Alice-Mary Higgins · Sponsor
- Grace O'Sullivan · Sponsor
- John Dolan · Sponsor
- Michael McDowell · Sponsor
- Aodhán Ó Ríordáin · Sponsor
- Colette Kelleher · Sponsor
- Victor Boyhan · Sponsor
- Billy Lawless · Sponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/bills/bill/2017/68/
- Open data entity: https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/bill/2017/68
- ireland · bill-2017-68 · source updated 5 March 2025