Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)

There have been a number of studies on this matter. A study that was conducted in a number of European countries pointed out, inter alia, that people who smoke or used to smoke are susceptible to increased levels of danger from radon. As I said earlier, this phenomenon was partially addressed in the 1998 building regulations. A cost-benefit analysis of the introduction of a grant scheme, which was conducted by the Danish Government a number of years ago, suggested that introducing such a scheme would by no means be the most effective means of dealing with this difficulty. The Government has targeted its investment at ensuring people know about the dangers and can access a scheme of testing to enable them to establish whether they have radon problems in their houses. Remediation measures are relatively inexpensive in many instances.

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