Dr. Eamon Keenan:

I do not have the number of countries we are comparable with, but the Health Research Board, HRB, is effective in getting robust data on suspicious deaths. It links with the coroners on a regular basis. General mortality rates are much lower in this country and we are in a different scenario. It is important the HRB do the work it does in collating that information because it gives us a true picture of the harms drugs can cause. We see poly-substance abuse as being a significant driver of drug-related deaths.