Question from Deputy Barry Heneghan - PQ 25972-26

To ask the Minister for Health her views that the cost of providing continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) to women with type 2 diabetes during pregnancy is cost neutral when compared to providing them with invasive blood glucose testing (finger prick testing) strips over the duration of pregnancy; if she will make CGM available to women with type 2 diabetes during their pregnancy(details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.