Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Funchion. It is something on which, between the legislation we have and the EU's ongoing work, we can go further. As I said, one in every four diagnosed cancers is a non-melanoma skin cancer. It is a significant issue. When I was a much younger man with a full head of hair I went to Australia and lived in Bondi Beach. There was a level of awareness there about skin cancer that did not exist in Ireland. To this day we do not have the level of awareness they had 28 years ago when I was there. More can be done. This is why we launched the recent plan.

Sunbed businesses are regulated here under a 2014 Act. The Department tells me the regulations we have are among the most comprehensive in the EU but there is a question as to whether enforcement could go further and whether awareness could go further.

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