Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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133. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the development of a national diabetes register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41724/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As part of Budget 2023, €2.6 million was allocated to implement a number of initiatives aimed at improving diabetes care, including commencing the development of a National Diabetes Registry, the commencement of a National Paediatric Audit of Type 1 Diabetes, and two further initiatives related to gestational diabetes. These initiatives focus on improving our information on diabetes patients and health services and improving the provision of care for women with gestational diabetes.

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, and on the provision of appropriate health services by providing reliable information to healthcare planners and policymakers.

My Department and HSE National Clinical Programme for Diabetes are currently engaged in preparatory work for phase 1 of this multi-year project.