Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 12:

In page 23, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following:“National Radon Control Strategy

34C. (1) The Institute shall oversee and prepare an annual report on the implementation of the National Radon Control Strategy.

(2) Any report prepared under subsection (1) shall be laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas and before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht within two weeks of its completion by the Institute.”.”.

This amendment requires the institute to report annually on the national radon control strategy to the Houses of the Oireachtas and the Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht. This strategy was launched by the Government because radon gas is linked to around 250 cases of lung cancer every year. These cases are preventable if we keep up the profile of this issue and if people get their houses tested. A deliberate initiative in the legislation requiring this would be positive and informative if even one case of lung cancer is prevented. I saw a person die of lung cancer and it is a grim ailment so we must do all we can. This amendment offers a very positive and important aspect to the legislation.

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