Health Promotion
Dail Éireann — 2024-01-18
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Stephen Donnelly (FF), Wicklow

I thank the Deputy. With regard to the EU's recommendations we need to wait to see. However, the general sense is that it is considering restricting access for high-risk groups, the mandatory supervision of the commercial use of sunbeds, the provision of mandatory eye protection, and increasing awareness by providing information on the risks associated. I have asked the Chief Medical Officer and her team to engage in a new public health strategy, including prevention. This would be one of the parts of this. There is the legislation we have and the EU recommendations that will be coming out. Ongoing preventative work, with a refresh of Healthy Ireland and a greater emphasis on prevention in Ireland, which we have to achieve, could fit in quite well to this.

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