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 Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65587/26]

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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 Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65587/26]

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1. 16 September 2026

   Medical Aids and Appliances

   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 Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65587/26]

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