Donohoe: Insurance companies can't be made to cover people with eating disorders 

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has said he is advised by Insurance Ireland that 'cover may be declined if the applicant poses a risk beyond the insurer’s threshold'. File picture: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

The Government has said it cannot stop insurance companies from denying people who have eating disorders mortgage protection and other life insurance products.

It appears people with such conditions are being treated as people with long-term chronic conditions and are being excluded.