Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if type one diabetes in children is covered under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; if each section of the Health Service Executive operates to the same guidelines on this payment in relation to type one diabetes in children. [4349/08]

Jimmy Devins (Sligo-North Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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Domiciliary Care Allowance is a monthly allowance administered by the Health Service Executive (HSE). The allowance may be paid in respect of eligible children from birth to the age of 16 who have a severe disability requiring continual or continuous care and attention which is substantially in excess of that normally required by a child of the same age. Eligibility is determined primarily by reference to the degree of additional care and attention required by the child, as assessed by the Health Service Executive's Senior Medical Officer, rather than the nature of the disability/illness involved. While no condition is excluded, children with conditions such as asthma, diabetes or epilepsy are not automatically considered eligible for the allowance unless there is a very high degree of additional care and attention required by the child compared to that normally required by a child of the same age.