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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 193. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the development of a national diabetes register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45339/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (22 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 194. To ask the Minister for Health when the specialist community diabetes teams under the enhanced community care programme will be appointed; if it will be available to all persons with diabetes free of charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45340/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (22 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 195. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding to appoint a clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes multidisciplinary team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45341/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 196. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a diabetes psychology resource to each community diabetes specialist team hub under the Integrated Model of Care for the Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease Implementation Guide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45342/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (22 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 197. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding to appoint a 0.5 whole-time equivalent clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes paediatric diabetes team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45343/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (22 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 198. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend eligibility to the long-term illness scheme for reimbursement of blood glucose test strips to all women who develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45344/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (22 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 199. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who developed gestational diabetes during pregnancy in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45345/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (22 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 200. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the type 2 diabetes cycle of care programme since its inception; the number of persons currently availing of the programme; the number of general practitioners that provide the programme; if an audit of the programme has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45346/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 201. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the type 2 diabetes cycle of care programme to all persons with type 2 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45347/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (22 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 202. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fund the provision of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45348/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (22 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for FreeStyle Libre submitted by individual hospitals for persons with diabetes over 21 years of age; and the number that were approved and refused respectively, in each of the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [45349/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 204. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure a minimum of one whole-time equivalent diabetes specialist pump nurse in all 18-dose adjusting for normal eating certified diabetes centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45350/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 205. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide access to the dose adjusting for normal eating programme for all persons with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45351/21]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Finance (23 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Today the committee will engage with the Minister for Finance to discuss pre-budget 2022 scrutiny. Members and all in attendance are asked to exercise personal responsibility in protecting themselves and others from the risk of contracting Covid-19. Members are strongly advised to practise good hand hygiene and leave at least one vacant seat between themselves and other attendees. They...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Finance (23 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Minister. I will now open the floor to members. I believe Deputy Durkan is first.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Finance (23 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: The Deputy has one minute.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Finance (23 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank Deputy Farrell. I call Deputy Patricia Ryan.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Finance (23 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I will have a second round and give anybody who wants to come in four minutes. I have two questions. I am sorry if I start with something that is relatively obscure. I want to ask the Minister about the Evergrande debt crisis. For those unaware of it, Evergrande is the second largest real estate company in China and it now has a debt of approximately $305 billion. Both Fitch and Moody's...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Finance (23 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Minister for saying that. I want to follow up on another item. The Minister signalled in the past year that he might introduce a gaming credit, fund or tax-favourable situation for the gaming industry in Ireland. That would be a commendable thing to do. It is exactly the type of industry that we should support in Ireland. It is highly skilled. However, I am aware that...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget 2022 Scrutiny (Resumed): Minister for Finance (23 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I believe that if we worked on those issues relating to employment conditions and gender diversity, it would build capacity in the industry and benefit everybody. I will open the session to a second round.