Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Mattie McGrath - PQ 35802-26
Deputy McGrath asked about the applications for Freestyle Libre from 2017 to 2021. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: May 2026
Updated: June 2026
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Question from Deputy Mattie McGrath - PQ 35802-26
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for Freestyle Libre were submitted by individual hospitals for people with diabetes over 21 years-of-age; the number that were approved; the number that were refused were refused in each of the years 2017-2021, in tabular form; are there plans to remove the age restriction on Freestyle Libre; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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