Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food
Farm Safety: Discussion
2:00 am
Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North-West, Fianna Fail)
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If there are a large number of questions and we are very tight on time, the witnesses might send anything that is unanswered to the committee afterwards.
I have just one very brief question, to take it in a slightly different direction, which is about skin cancer. We have all experienced the wonderful sunshine today. Farmers are working outdoors in all kinds of weather. Is any effort being made to promote safer and healthier skin care opportunities for farmers in the context of skin cancer and sunscreen? We very see sales reps going around to farms selling chemicals to the farmer for cleaning the parlour, but there is not necessarily any focus on the farmer. Is there any promotion, or have the witnesses seen it anywhere, on farm safety in relation to skin cancer and sunscreen?