Mr. Gerard Roe:

Yes. Research carried out in 2007, which in effect laid the opportunity for the drug service to exist, showed that young adult LGBT people in Ireland were two to five times more likely to consume drugs than their heterosexual counterparts. This comes from an array of factors. There is the experiential or curiosity factor, as we know, but also psychological and other societal factors. As I said in my submission, LGBT young people experience forms of discrimination and social exclusion and that could be one of the reasons for their drug use.