Michelle Mulherin (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would welcome an assessment of the information campaign undertaken by the Environmental Protection Agency. Last week an information campaign was run in County Mayo and several public meetings were held. By no means were the numbers who turned out overwhelming, notwithstanding the radio campaign and so on. People are concerned that this will open a can of worms. They are concerned that they will find out that there are excessive levels of radon in their houses and that they will have to undertake remediation works. Many of them would be unable to afford to pay €800 for this work. We could simply focus on areas that have been identified as high risk where there is uranium in the undersoil and soil conditions are such a person should examine his or her house to establish whether he or she is in danger or at risk from high levels of radon gas. We should support people and any support provided should be meaningful. When they find out that they have a problem, they should be assured that there will be some assistance towards the cost of fixing the problem.

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