AQW 13400/22-27

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 14/06/2024
Answered On Date: 28/06/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, given the evidence linking sunbed use to increased melanoma risk, what steps he is taking to ban sunbeds in Northern Ireland.

Answer:

The Department’s Skin Cancer Prevention Strategy aims to reduce the incidence of skin cancer and therefore future regulatory measures in relation to sunbeds have not been ruled out. We continue to work with partner organisations, including the Public Health Agency, District Councils and Cancer Focus NI, to reduce sunbed use and raise awareness of the harms they cause.