Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 April 2023
1521. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding required to ensure that the National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan 2023-2026 is implemented in full; the amount of funding that has been allocated to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17051/23]
View answerAs the implementation of the National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
To note, Action 1.4 of the Plan is "Develop and deliver an annual SunSmart communications plan to raise awareness of skin cancer prevention behaviours". This follows on from a similar action in the first Skin Cancer Prevention Plan. This SunSmart campaign has run in 2021,2022 and has just commenced for 2023. In each of those years Healthy Ireland has co-funded this campaign with the HSE. The Department, through Healthy Ireland, will be providing €60,000 to co-fund the campaign in 2023.
