Micheál Martin: “These are scientists and people with expert knowledge – they’re not politicians – who meet to assess drugs.”

I certainly will take the issue that you've raised in respect of this letter that was written by him in the 1970s forward, and see how best to examine that.

Because of this solidarity, the impact of that decision has been reduced. Thankfully we have avoided many of the worst impacts seen by the UK itself which the British people themselves increasingly recognise.

This has been a major failing of an organ of the State that cannot be downplayed.

So there no issues with it at all, as far as we're concerned.