Mr. Declan Connolly:

The most recent Healthy Ireland report for 2021 showed the rate of smoking and vaping had remained static for those in the 18 to 25 age group. There are different ways of looking at the data in the ESPAD survey, to which the Irish Heart Foundation and the Irish Cancer Society referred. There was an increase in the 30-day usage of those who smoked but when we go right down into the data, which I have with me, I have it marked on the sheet that Ireland is at No. 5. On daily usage, the figure printed here for youth in Ireland is 5.2%. While we would like to see that even lower, it compares well with countries like Bulgaria and Croatia, which are at over 20%. Another interesting thing on these figures-----