642. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the current backlog of toxicology reports awaiting completion. [42594/26]

The State Laboratory has advised me that there is currently no backlog of toxicology reports. All samples that have arrived to the State Laboratory are at different parts of the analytical and reporting process. There are approximately 1,500 forensic toxicology cases currently being processed in the State Laboratory. The State Laboratory receives over 4,500 forensic toxicology cases each year.