Frank O'Rourke (Kildare North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome and acknowledge the Minister of State's response. To be fair, he does not have the information or details available to him to deal with the issues we have raised today. We hope that discussing the matter in the Chamber today might create the vehicle through which we could sit down with the Minister or some of his appointed officials so that we can get the detail about all of this for the people who have been included.

We continue to acknowledge that this is a good news story. This is not negative at all, but we need it to go further. What is key here is that the Minister of State ask the Minister, Deputy Simon Harris, when we can meet him and get the information from him and get a commitment from him that it will be extended to all type one diabetes sufferers. That is hugely important. The cost of this is €120 a month. That is a lot of money for people who are struggling as it is and we need to get a commitment about the roll-out for the people who are approved, but most importantly when a decision will be made for all type one diabetes sufferers. Will the Minister also come back to us and let us know if he will meet a small delegation with the 13,000 signatures to see if we can discuss this and bring clarity and definitive delivery deadlines?

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