1 Ann Marie Part Area Chief EHO HSE Dublin Mid- Leinster

2 HSE/RPII Joint Position on Radon Background Joint Position Paper Recommendations

3 Background RPII/HSE Memorandum of Understanding 2007 Agreement to work together on areas of mutual interest including radon as a public health hazard Established a joint working HSE/RPII working on Radon 2008

4 Joint HSE/RPII Working Group on Radon Established in late 2008 Membership RPII HSE Mr. David Fenton Dr. Mary O’ Mahony Ms. Stephanie Long Dr. Ina Kelly Dr. Tony Colgan Ms. Ann Marie Part Mr. David Pollard

5 Terms of Reference To produce a Joint HSE/RPII Position Paper on Radon Overall Aim of the Group :To propose evidence based measures that would lead to a reduction in the number of cases of lung cancer in Ireland due to radon exposure

6 Areas of Consideration by Group Overview of the scope of radon in Ireland and the public health implications including existing radon control and interventions Remediation v Prevention – In light of recent research does Ireland place too much emphasis on identifying individual risk from radon rather than reduction of collective dose by passive prevention

7 Recommendation That a properly constituted expert group be immediately established to drive the development of a national radon control strategy for Ireland