Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party)
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680. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the establishment of the national diabetes register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49836/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I am happy to say that funding has been provided under Budget 2023 to commence the development of a National Diabetes Register. The development of a National Diabetes Registry will have a long-term benefit on

- Patient care by facilitating benchmarking of individual care against guideline recommendations and QI feedback to practitioners

- Provision of appropriate health services by providing reliable information to healthcare planners and policymakers.