Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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844. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of the national survey on drug and alcohol use in Ireland conducted by the Health Research Board. [12935/21]

Frank Feighan (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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The national survey on drug and alcohol use is a general population survey of households in Ireland to measure the extent and pattern of drug use (including alcohol and tobacco) among a representative sample of those aged 15 and over in Ireland.

The survey is carried out according to standards set by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. The target sample size is c 7,000 people. Details of the methodology can be found in the technical report.

The Health Research Board (HRB) is responsible for conducting the 2019/2020 survey. It has engaged a third party survey company to perform tasks including the sampling and recruitment of survey respondents, data collection (interviews with the respondents in their own home) and an initial analysis of the dataset. The fee paid to the third party is €706,850 (including VAT).

The final dataset was supplied to the HRB in September 2020, and it is expected that the report on the survey will be published in the 2^ndquarter of 2021.