Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would like to see it earlier than 2025. In September 2019, Sláintecare integration funding was allocated to the HSE to design and procure a national diabetes registry and develop a full specification plan for a national diabetes registry. It was intended that the registry would be in place in 2021, but the project was paused, as we can all understand, because of Covid-19. As I said, funding was allocated as part of budget 2023. There is also a funding allocation in budget 2024. With us all working together and keeping the pressure on, it is really important that we would have this registry in place as soon as possible. It is very important, and I thank Senator Conway for raising it here today.