I presume most Members received correspondence in recent days from the Irish Cancer Society regarding the lack of regulation in the area of sunbeds. One point raised in the documentation is that the risk of skin cancer from sunbed use is more than double that of spending the same length of time in Mediterranean sun. In the programme for Government a commitment was made to introduce legislation to regulate this industry. When will we see this legislation?

The heads of the public health (sunbeds) Bill to introduce a number of measures to regulate the use of sunbeds including a prohibition on their use by people aged under 18 years have been approved by the Government and it is expected to be published later this year.