Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Ba mhaith liom ceist a chur ar an Aire Sláinte. Today is World Diabetes Day. This year's theme is diabetes and the family. Today we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Frederick Banting who developed insulin in 1921. There are 225,000 people in Ireland living with diabetes, 20,000 of whom have type 1 diabetes. The Minister introduced FreeStyle Libre for children and young adults aged between four and 21. This has been a game-changer. It has been positively received by all those who are able to access the device. The next step is to roll out the FreeStyle Libre device for adults older than 21 who have type 1 diabetes. Does the Minister have an update on this? Is it something at which he is looking?

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