Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)

I do. The Health Bill refers to the registration system in respect of services for children, older people and people with disabilities. It clearly covers the subject I am raising. Parents in Cork have children as young as 18 months with diabetes. One can only imagine the trauma of having to inject one's child and having no one to telephone to ask for advice when one cannot stabilise the child's condition. That is what is happening, not to mention the fact that there are 37 people on trolleys in two Cork city hospitals. Despite this, we were told by the Taoiseach yesterday, in the Tánaiste's absence, that we have an excellent health service. Will the Tánaiste do anything about the chronic situation for children with diabetes in Cork city?

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