Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that. My last point may be a matter more specifically for the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming. The banks can give exemptions. We all know why they want this protection and rightly so but the insurance industry needs to look at its policies now, particularly with regard to people who have diabetes. This is the most prevalent issue in the cases coming into our offices. If a person has diabetes, many of the providers are putting his or her application on hold, some for six months and others, such as Royal London, for 12 months. That needs to be addressed in the context of where we are with Covid.

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