Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for the reply. I would give NIAC nine out of ten rather than ten out of ten because it was slow off the mark in coming out with recommendations before Christmas of last year. It is just slow in making recommendations. The dogs in the street know what is ultimately going to happen and yet recommendations take forever to come out. It can be very frustrating. Will the Minister of State or his officials go back to NIAC on this specific issue and ask it to decouple type 1 diabetes from type 2 diabetes because there is a significant difference between the two? Type 1 diabetics are often on pumps that have to be monitored 24-7. They are in constant risk of having a diabetic attack. If that is not a case for getting a second booster, I do not know what is. If nothing else comes out of this Commencement matter, I hope type 1 and type 2 diabetes can be decoupled. If NIAC was to allow those with type 1 diabetes a second booster shot, I would have achieved something.