Harney proposes sunbeds crackdown

Health Minister Mary Harney today said she is to introduce comprehensive legislation to regulate the use of sunbeds, including banning their use by under-18s.

The legislation, entitled the Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill, will also prohibit the use of sunbeds in an unsupervised premises; require the placing of warning signs in sunbed premises and labels on the beds themselves and introduce penalties for non-compliance.