355. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health her plans to deal with the delays in completing coronial autopsies caused by the severe shortage of pathologists in the mid-west; her plans to deal with the proposed withdrawal of coronial autopsies from the end of 2025 in the south east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51082/25]
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179. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the NSAC work to consider the further expansion of the cancer screening programmes; when the BreastCheck and BowelScreen programmes will be extended to the over 70s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50653/25]
591. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she will consider allowing patients over 26 years-of-age avail of CAR T-cell therapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49730/25]
1275. 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. [48547/25]
1276. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she plans to increase the eligibility threshold for the medical card for those aged 70 years and over; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48558/25]
2423. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at Limerick University Hospital; the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to this service at this site; the number of current staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of patients cu…
2424. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for paediatric patients with epilepsy at Limerick University Hospital; the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to this service at this site; the number of current staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of patien…
2636. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if the figures for HSE mental health staff in the June 2025 HSE Employment Report for the Limerick City and Tipperary North Integrated Health Area are correct; if the figures for HSE mental health staff in the June 2025 HSE employment report for the Clare and Limerick County Integrated health area are correct; and the reason there are 23 times more HSE mental he…
2946. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE have requested that the Irish Institute of Clinical Measurement Physiology (IICMP) get the two year postgraduate course in clinical measurement science (higher diploma) from Technological University Dublin accredited; that previously graduates from this course were hired by the HSE, but now recent graduate…
855. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if tedralan 200mg will be added to the medical card list as this medication is expensive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38700/25]
671. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to increase facilities for adults suffering with eating disorders; if she is aware that there are only three adult beds in Ireland and that they are for the catchment area of St. Vincent’s Hospital; if she agrees that this is wholly insufficient; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35196/25]
799. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she will consider extending special leave with pay for those who worked on the front line during the pandemic, contracted long-Covid and as a result are still suffering from serious health issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35837/25]
864. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has not reinstated a podiatry clinic in Barrack View Health Centre, Edward Street, Limerick, which has not been held since March 2025; when it will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36217/25]
17. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if it is her intention to bring Children’s Health Ireland under the remit of the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34602/25]
24. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health her response to the ESRI report on future capacity requirements for GP services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34603/25]
832. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she will accelerate the approval and funding of the new drug givinostat to treat the one-hundred boys currently living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34122/25]
322. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if extra money has been allocated to the public orthodontic service, and her plans to improve the service. [24964/25]
174. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the timeframe to increase the number of consultants in emergency medicine by a further 50%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24101/25]
207. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to continue to increase capacity and open more beds at University Hospital Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24102/25]
464. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to raise the threshold limits for medical cards, as the present limits have been in existence for many years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22255/25]
2064. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she will give consideration to providing residential rehab centres, which will allow an addict to stay for treatment for a period of three to six months at minimum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19065/25]
2065. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene in the case of a baby (details supplied) with Hirschsprung's disease who is in urgent need of an operation in Crumlin Hospital that should have taken place over two months ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19066/25]
2408. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if the BreastCheck and BowelScreen programmes will be extended to the over-70s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20732/25]
2423. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the reason the data regulations have yet to be signed off on which would finally enable the formal commencement of a statutory inquiry into the historical licensing and use of sodium valproate in women of child-bearing potential in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20804/25]
1003. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health when a dedicated public specialist unit will be provided for Limerick and the mid-west for adults with eating disorders. [17412/25]