Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice - PQ 29345-26
Deputy Fitzmaurice asked about changing the eligibility criteria for accessing Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM). Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: April 2026
Updated: May 2026
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Question from Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice - PQ 29345-26
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health if she will remove the specific criteria of "insulin initiation from the start" that is preventing 500-700 people with a clinical diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes from accessing continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) which clinical evidence overwhelmingly supports as the first-choice glucose monitoring device for all people with type 1 diabetic; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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