Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 March 2024
309. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the amount of annual funding budgeted for the National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan 2023-2026 to conduct its annual activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13438/24]
View answerAs the HSE is leading on implementation of the National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan 2023-2026, this is a service matter and I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
Action 1.4 of the National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan 2023-2026 is to "Develop and deliver an annual SunSmart communications plan to raise awareness of skin cancer prevention behaviours". The SunSmart campaign has run in 2021, 2022, 2023 and planning is currently underway for 2024. This campaign is rolled out across social media, radio and digital audio. The Department, through Healthy Ireland, has co-funded this campaign with the HSE every year, and allocations are outlined in the table below.
|
Year |
Allocation |
|
2021 |
60K |
|
2022 |
60K |
|
2023 |
60K |
|
2024 |
75K |
