140. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the way in which Budget 2027 will provide more evening and weekend activity across operating theatres, outpatient clinics and diagnostics, making better use of existing staff, facilities and equipment. [72325/26]
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183. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the way in which Budget 2027 will facilitate the expansion of surgical hubs, including additional theatres and six-day operations, helping more patients receive planned treatment sooner. [72321/26]
771. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will fill the occupational therapist vacancy at a HSE facility (details supplied), a position which has been vacant since March 2026. [71772/26]
1160. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she will consider making the testing of lipoprotein available to general practitioners given this will help to identify individuals who are at high risk for developing cardiovascular disease due to the nature of their genetics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64362/26]
1181. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she will allow community paramedics to work appropriate NAS shift patterns that reflect local patient demand, service need and existing terms and conditions (details supplied). [64545/26]
1414. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if her Department will provide funding to enable free access to ICS-formoterol combination inhalers when prescribed as maintenance and reliever therapy (MART), given the low uptake of MART in Ireland, the over-prescription and over-reliance on short-acting reliever inhalers, and the comparatively high rates of asthma-related hospitalisations and deaths in Irelan…
3354. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of serious concerns regarding the current state of the maternity services at UMHL (details supplied); the steps she plans to take in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55900/26]
3366. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health her plans for the development of residential detox facilities and increased funding for residential rehabilitation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56019/26]
776. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 20 May 2026, if she will provide assurance to the parents of an individual (details supplied) who is in a residential setting, that they will not be administered any future vaccination in view of the fact they are not in a position to make an informed decision about the likely negative impact of same; and if she will m…
527. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health her plans to improve the ambulance service in the Mid-West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46702/26]
853. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she will expedite the approval and funding of the new drug givinostat to treat boys currently living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44978/26]
387. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will provide the long planned for new primary care centre for Raheen, Limerick, which would also include the mental health services currently based at Willowdale in Raheen; and if she will provide increased funding for the current Willowdale building which is in need of renovation. [39370/26]
285. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health she will provide an individual (details supplied) with State recognition of a medical exemption to vaccination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38211/26]
1148. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that paramedics with the National Ambulance Service based in Dooradoyle, Limerick, intend to go on strike on 12 May 2026; her plans to intervene to attempt to resolve this dispute; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32868/26]
123. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the targets in place for inpatient waiting times in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28345/26]
136. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the targets in place for outpatient waiting times in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28346/26]
2619. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health her plans to add Mounjaro to the medical card as it is so expensive and needed by many people who cannot afford it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23584/26]
2755. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to extend the scheme for healthcare workers who contacted long Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24015/26]
3366. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health when the drug sando-K will be available on the medical card for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27087/26]
934. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if high-intensity focused ultrasound for the treatment of prostate cancer is available under the treatment abroad scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21887/26]
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]
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]