Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am glad to see the Minister for Health is here because I have another question for him. I have raised issues around aspects of diabetes services many times over the past three years. The answers the Tánaiste and his predecessors gave on the floor of the Chamber have been generic. The promised follow-ups hardly ever happen. On 18 October last year, the Tánaiste told me the following in relation to rolling out insulin pump services at Sligo General Hospital: "I am not so sure it is a funding issue but I will have the matter looked into". As usual, there was no follow-up from the Tánaiste so I contacted the hospital management myself and they told me the following:

I wish to confirm that SUH did submit a business case for additional nurse specialist to start Insulin Pump service in mid 2022. Due to the lack of funding with 2022 allocations, the business case was not approved.

Management has again looked for the resources it need this year, yet the Government is failing to make it happen.

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