John Gilroy (Labour) | Oireachtas source

Absolutely. Such injuries incur a cost on the State, but it is part of living in a democracy. It is discrimination to provide services to some people but not others because they suffer from a medical condition. Can we ban the sale of sugar to diabetics and alcohol to recovering alcoholics? Can we keep harmful products from one section of society due to a medical condition and not from the public in general? That is the key. This is a question of being a nanny state or not. Although in my preface to this I said I would ban the use of sunbeds altogether if I were the Minister or had the legal authority, it would make the service unavailable to everybody in society, not just to people who suffer from a particular condition.