Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 April 2019

Public Accounts Committee

Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017

9:00 am

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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I have a few practical questions. First, I do not think radon and climate change are comparable. There has been much talk about climate change. We need action. On radon, there was a good awareness campaign. When I was a member of Galway County Council, we got quarterly reports on housing which included updates on radon levels. That practice has slipped. I look forward to reading the information the agency proposes to send to us. These programmes have to be monitored and led. There must be leadership from the local authorities and they must then be reviewed by a higher body. Climate change is utterly different.