Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Independent)
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512. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment of 17 diabetes nurse specialists; if all 17 have now been recruited and are fully operational; if not, the reasons for the delay; and the geographic areas currently served by each of these specialists and the areas not currently served. [52822/13]

Alex White (Dublin South, Labour)
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As part of the phased roll out of the National Integrated Care Diabetes Programme, the Government approved funding for the appointment of 17 Integrated Care Diabetes Nurse Specialists (one per HSE Integrated Service Area). These Diabetes Nurse Specialists will play a key role in the development of clinically sound collaborative links between primary care and secondary care providers and will also be an essential resource in empowering patients to achieve optimum diabetes control. Details of the filling of these posts by Integrated Service Area (ISA) are as follows:

Posts filled:

- Cork ISA - Cork - Post filled in October this year;

- Dublin North City ISA - Mater Hospital - Post filled in October this year;

- Dublin South East/Wicklow ISA - Loughlinstown - Post filled in October this year;

- Galway/Roscommon ISA - Galway - Post filled in July this year;

- Kerry ISA - Kerry - Post filled in September this year;

- Mayo ISA - Mayo - Post filled in September this year;

- Midlands ISA - Portlaoise - Post filled in July this year;

- Mid-West ISA - Limerick - Post filled in July this year;

- Sligo/Leitrim/West Cavan ISA - Sligo - Post filled in November this year;

Posts accepted:

- Carlow/Kilkenny/South Tipperary ISA - Kilkenny - Post accepted with start date in January 2014 agreed;

- Cavan Monaghan ISA - Cavan - Post accepted, successful applicant will take up position when their existing post in the HSE has been filled;

- Dublin North ISA - Beaumont - Post accepted with start date in December 2013 agreed;

- Donegal ISA - Letterkenny - Post accepted subject to Garda clearance, etc.;

- Dublin South Central ISA- St James's - Post accepted subject to Garda clearance, etc.;

- Dublin South West/Kildare/West Wicklow ISA - Tallaght - Post accepted subject to Garda clearance, etc.;

- Louth/Meath ISA - Connolly Hospital - Post accepted subject to Garda clearance, etc.; and

- Waterford/Wexford ISA - Wexford - Post accepted subject to Garda clearance, etc.