Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 April 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion

Photo of Róisín ShortallRóisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

It was also mentioned earlier that the rates of cancer are increasing, partly because of a growing and ageing population.

Is it possible to disaggregate those factors and look at the social and commercial determinants in the context of cancer rates? We had a session here a couple of months ago on the commercial determinants. It is an uneven contest between health messages and the commercial advertising of alcohol, vaping, fast food, highly processed foods and all that, given the multi-billion euro advertising budgets. Is the ICS proposing anything specific on that area, where the Government could step in and, through legislation, limit access to those factors that impact the rates of cancer?

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