Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that children with diabetes are being sent letters by the Health Service Executive referring to them as people with disabilities; if her attention has further been drawn to the upset that this can cause to children who assumed they had a manageable disease; and the steps she will take to ensure that this practice is discontinued. [3850/06]

Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the Department of Health and Children has asked the parliamentary affairs division of the HSE to arrange to have the matter investigated and for a reply to issue directly to the Deputy.