Health Services
Seanad Éireann — 2025-05-28
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Cathal Byrne (FG), Cultural and Educational Panel

I thank the Minister of State for her reply. I am aware that the Coeliac Society of Ireland will be making a submission to that group, looking for this. By way of follow-up, perhaps there is an opportunity here for a pilot programme to look at this in a targeted area and gather more evidence. I have seen first-hand the benefits to individual people who have coeliac disease and are then diagnosed, get treatment and go on a gluten-free diet. I ask that the Department of Health support the Coeliac Society of Ireland's call for a pilot programme when it makes that submission as part of the 2025 call for submissions. I ask that the Department of Health continue to engage with the Coeliac Society of Ireland on this issue. I know it is an important issue for the approximately 500,000 people in the country who are affected.

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Sitting date: 2025-05-28