3814. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the reason asthma is currently excluded from the long-term illness scheme; when the list of qualifying conditions was last formally reviewed on clinical grounds; whether her Department has assessed the cost of including chronic or moderate-to-severe asthma; whether the Minister intends to review or expand the qualifying conditions; and if there are no plans to include asthma, the clinical or policy rationale supports its continued exclusion. [63062/26]

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3814. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the reason asthma is currently excluded from the long-term illness scheme; when the list of qualifying conditions was last formally reviewed on clinical grounds; whether her Department has assessed the cost of including chronic or moderate-to-severe asthma; whether the Minister intends to review or expand the qualifying conditions; and if there are no plans to include asthma, the clinical or policy rationale supports its continued exclusion. [63062/26]

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1. 7 September 2026

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   3814. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the reason asthma is currently excluded from the long-term illness scheme; when the list of qualifying conditions was last formally reviewed on clinical grounds; whether her Department has assessed the cost of including chronic or moderate-to-severe asthma; whether the Minister intends to review or expand the qualifying conditions; and if there are no plans to include asthma, the clinical or policy rationale supports its continued exclusion. [63062/26]

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