Radon guidelines not enough, says Stagg

Mary Dundon, Political Reporter

Around 100,000 homes were identified as having excessive radon gas levels in May by the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII).

The Government’s only response to this was to adjust building regulations introduced in 1997 to further protect new houses against radon gas, Labour spokesman Emmet Stagg said. “Despite 200 lung cancer deaths every year attributed to this radon gas, and periodic instances of excessive levels in homes nationwide, nothing is being done to combat radon in homes built before the 1997,” he added.