Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The programme for Government makes reference to tackling diabetes. There are over 200,000 people suffering from diabetes in Ireland. Up to five teenagers and children each week are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. To ease the pain for these young people and for our elderly, the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system is available. Is that monitoring system going to be made available under the long-term illness scheme and, if so, when?

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