Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Issues and Challenges relating to Cardiology: Irish Cardiac Society
9:30 am
Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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I would also add in the commercial determinants of health. We have been doing a lot of work on that and issues related to drinking, smoking, fast food and all of that. There are big commercial pressures brought to bear on government related to that. I think the area of commercial determinants should be included in that because there is those big industries have considerable access to decision-makers.
Regarding inherited or genetic factors, what is the position on screening for those?