Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 73: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has received a copy of the all-island drug prevalence survey due to be published shortly by the National Advisory Committee on Drugs; when he expects the survey to be published; the reason there has been a delay in putting the report into the public domain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32478/07]

Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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To date, I have not received a copy of the Drug Prevalence Survey.

The first bulletin from the Survey will be published in January and it will cover overall national trends on an all island basis. This will facilitate comparison with the first Drug Prevalence Survey which was carried out in 2002/03. While it had been envisaged that these results would be published this Autumn, I understand that the delay arises from the dovetailing of the work in the two jurisdictions and the statistical issues involved in finalising that work.