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 2…
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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]
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]
1104. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health when the proposed vaccine damage scheme to deal with cases of people who have been injured as a result of taking vaccines including Covid vaccines will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12049/26]
1123. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if it has been brought to her attention that there is a gross lack of nursing home vacancies in the Mid-West region and that many families are finding it impossible to secure places for ill or disabled relatives that require full nursing home care; her plans to alleviate the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10044/26]
1161. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that her environmental health officers (EHOs) have no powers when a public nuisance is emanating from a private dwelling house (details supplied); if she has any proposals to strengthen the law to enable EHOs to intervene to alleviate these public nuisance cases, particularly where the owner of the property causing the nuisance cannot be identifi…
363. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health her plans to extend the scheme for healthcare workers who contacted long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8797/26]
1116. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health her plans to extend the scheme for healthcare workers who contracted long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8239/26]
40. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health when the strategic review of general practice will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4992/26]
84. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase medical card income limits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4993/26]
289. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health for an update on the work of the NSAC to consider the further expansion of cancer screening programmes; when the BreastCheck and BowelScreen programmes will be extended to persons over 70 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4627/26]
899. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the provision being made for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71383/25]
902. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health when the proposed tribunal to deal with cases of people who have been injured as a result of taking the Covid vaccines will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71390/25]
1030. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she will consider extending special leave with pay or providing a similar measure for those who worked on the frontline during the pandemic and contracted long-Covid and as a result are still suffering from serious health issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72116/25]
556. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health when routine specialist dental services will be reinstated for the children of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70856/25]
251. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health when two children (details supplied) will receive the full respite they were granted over two years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68262/25]
598. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health when screening will begin for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), as part of the newborn screening programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67826/25]
946. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health that the recently published standards and criteria for counsellors and psychotherapists by the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board of CORU (the Board) are subject to a lawful, proportionate, and transparent regulatory process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66220/25]
92. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the action being taken with regard to the recruitment of GPs in areas of urban disadvantage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63969/25]
184. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health her response to the results of the 2025 Healthy Ireland survey; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63970/25]
945. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the plans to facilitate the completion of professional placement hours required by CORU for Irish students who have undertaken their physiotherapy training abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62721/25]
1814. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health her plans to deal with the exorbitant increases in health insurance premiums, as many policies have doubled in price in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58674/25]
181. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied), who has been awarded home help hours will have a home help allocated to them. [57496/25]
131. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the plans to open more primary care centres and expedite the delivery of the existing pipeline to construction. [52384/25]
189. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the number of procedures that have been carried out in Northern Ireland under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52383/25]