John Crown (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister.

I would like to take up a point Senator Cullinane made about the south east being a world leader. It is. It is a world leader for skin cancer. The south east has the highest incidence of skin cancer in a country where the incidence of skin cancer is rising most alarmingly. The Minister should be interested to know that farmers are at particular risk. The incidence of malignant melanoma, the most lethal form of skin cancer, has gone up from 400 in 1998 to 800 in 2008 and between 1,100 and 1,200 three years later. The Minister may ask what is the relevance of this to a debate on Johnstown Castle in County Wexford.