Willie O'Dea

1300. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will reconsider the decision to issue a deportation order to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19151/26]

1361. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Irish association section 16 citizenship submissions that have been received from applicants with additional documentation in relation to the new Irish association guideline points since the guidelines have been published in April 2025; the submission date of the new guideline submissions currently being reviewed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20257/26]

1766. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health for her views regarding a total breakdown in service and accountability by the National Ambulance Service (NAS) in Limerick (details supplied); if she will ensure that a full response to the complaint is issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18856/26]

1767. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the amount allocated to fund abortion provision, and to provide a breakdown of all expenditure on abortion provision, from 2018 to date in 2026, by all categories, in tabular form (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18868/26]

36. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand primary care services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17523/26]

59. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the proportion of the HSE workforce employed in acute services in 2026; the proportion at the end of 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17522/26]

174. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to review the qualifying criteria for cost rental housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17481/26]

252. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to review the qualifying criteria for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17480/26]

552. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the problems encountered by recently qualified paramedics in gaining employment with the National Ambulance Service; if she believes that the paramedic qualification should effectively remain tied to a single employer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17993/26]

350. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the process to allow for the reimbursement of Skyclarys, the only approved treatment for Friedreich’s Ataxia (FA); the specific steps being taken to ensure the HSE considers the "time-critical" nature of FA during the current price negotiations for Skyclarys; the way in which the commitments in the National Rare Disease Strategy 2025-2030 and the 2026 IPHA Framework Agreement (which aims for a 180-day decision timeline) are being applied to this specific case, to prevent further delays in addressing the ‘unmet need’; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17862/26]

602. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will overhaul the built heritage investment scheme run by his Department, in view of the fact that this year, very few vernacular buildings received grant funding, so that vernacular buildings would have their own particular grant scheme, similar to years up to and including 2025 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16682/26]

57. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which he will ensure that every effort is made to support individuals transition from welfare into further education/training and work, by examining the way in which to avoid a cliff-edge when people take up work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15022/26]

66. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to publish a new employment strategy to help those most distant from the labour market into the workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15021/26]

128. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Transport the efforts his Department is making to improve the country’s road network. [15558/26]

178. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the progress made in rail projects under the CMATS. [15559/26]

482. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if a site has been identified yet for the new hospital in Limerick; If not, the timeframe; the proposed new Board to progress the project which been constituted yet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15679/26]

22. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Defence if the maximum age limit to join the Defence Forces will be increased from 39 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15214/26]

922. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide the shingles vaccine for free for the over 60s under the national immunisation schedule; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14071/26]

30. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if the national AI office will have advisory panels in place for routinely collaborating with young people, older people and disabled people and including representation from those groups and also civil society groups that can provide routine expertise and insights into AI harms and benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12900/26]

75. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will ensure that the national AI office will have the necessary levels of independence, technical experts and resourcing to ensure that there are no conflicts between the State’s supports for industry to harness AI, the State’s own deployment of AI, and the design, implementation and enforcement of regulations to govern AI, and to support other AI regulators and fundamental rights bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12899/26]

168. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Willie O'Dea den Minister for Children, Disability and Equality an bhfuil sí ar an eolas faoi na deacrachtaí a bhaineann le hearcú foirne do chúram leanaí agus naíonraí sa Ghaeltacht; cad iad na hiarrachtaí atá ar siúl chun a chinntiú go bhfuil daoine ar fáil; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [13010/26]

318. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm if she received correspondence dated 27 January 2026 from a company (detail supplied) when she intends to respond to this correspondence. [13545/26]

136. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth to publish the datasets that were used against the criteria her Department indicated were the determining factors for the selection of school construction projects in Limerick, as announced on 28 January 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13142/26]

137. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of all schools in Limerick with planned capital projects that are at Stage 2B; when each project first engaged with her Department on same capital project, and when the project was listed as being at Stage 2B [13145/26]

215. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Defence if she will report on her attendance at the EU Foreign Affairs (Defence) Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12169/26]