Ba mhaith liom ceist a chur ar an Aire Sláinte. Today is World Diabetes Day. This year's theme is diabetes and the family. Today we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Frederick Banting who developed insulin in 1921. There are 225,000 people in Ireland living with diabetes, 20,000 of whom have type 1 diabetes. The Minister introduced FreeStyle Libre for children and young adults aged between four and 21. This has been a game-changer. It has been positively received by all those who are able to access the device. The next step is to roll out the FreeStyle Libre device for adults older than 21 who have type 1 diabetes. Does the Minister have an update on this? Is it something at which he is looking?

I thank Deputy Butler for raising this important matter on World Diabetes Day. She is correct; as she has generously said, the FreeStyle Libre device has made a significant difference to the many people who have tried it. I know, however, that there is a cohort of adults who would like access to it. This is a decision for the HSE to make using its various assessment processes. Instinctively I would like to see it happen. I will seek an update from the HSE on its progress in this regard. My understanding was that the executive intended to evaluate this measure after the device had been made available to the younger cohort. I will revert to the Deputy directly.