Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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Question 595: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure a robust psychological and social work supports are provided to regional diabetes networks. [15400/11]

Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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Question 596: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that each hospital providing paediatric diabetes care will allocate a paediatric nurse to care for paediatric patients who will be supported by paediatric diabetes nurse specialists within the local paediatric diabetes network. [15399/11]

Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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Question 597: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that each regional paediatric diabetes network is headed up by one whole-time equivalent paediatric endocrinologist or a paediatrician with an interest in diabetes and that each network will provide a 24-hour emergency service for the children and adolescents with diabetes. [15398/11]

Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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Question 598: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to resource paediatric diabetes nurse specialists, ring-fenced diabetes dietetic support and nursing resources to support the delivery of optimal care for persons with diabetes. [15397/11]

Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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Question 600: To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish between seven and ten regional diabetes paediatric networks to deliver care to children with diabetes. [15395/11]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 595 to 598, inclusive, and 600 together. The working group is made up of a multidisciplinary team with representation from a number of Nursing and Allied Health Professionals, Podiatrists, GPs etc. The Diabetes Federation of Ireland is also a member of this working group.

The National Diabetes Working group is working through a number of key objectives. The National Clinical Programme's key deliverables for 2011 for the programme are the implementation of projects such as Diabetes Retinopathy Screening and a multidisciplinary Footcare package for patients with diabetes.

The National Clinical Programme for Diabetes - which is working on care for children and adolescents with diabetes to be considered for inclusion in the 2012 HSE Service Plan - is also actively designing an Integrated Care solution, for inclusion within the Chronic Disease Watch process in collaboration with the Primary Care National Clinical Programme. With a newly established National Clinical Programme for Paediatrics, the whole area of improved services for children and adolescents with diabetes will be examined in detail and solutions worked through.