Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will address the first two of the questions if I can. I thank Deputy Wynne for raising the issue. The service required for people with eating disorders is something we take very seriously. We have increased the number of specialist eating disorder teams. My numbers may be slightly incorrect but these have gone from two to 11. We are, of course, seeking national coverage. Where there are areas where it is more difficult, it is something the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, and I are working on. We take this very seriously. I thank the Deputy for raising it.

I acknowledge Deputy Tully's ongoing work on the issue of the insulin pump therapy. There has been regular back and forth between me, the Department and the Deputy on this. If the Deputy would send me a short note on this I will bring it back to the Department and the HSE and we can continue the path we have been on to secure these services.

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