829. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service records the number of emergency calls where response times exceed 30, 45, 60 and 90 minutes; and if so, the annual totals for each category in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026. [28162/26]
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830. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether delays exceeding 60 minutes in response to life-threatening emergency calls are ever retrospectively reviewed where no patient safety incident has been formally recorded; and if so, the criteria applied. [28163/26]
831. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has conducted any internal analysis of the relationship between extended ambulance response times and patient outcomes, including morbidity or mortality; and if so, to provide details. [28164/26]
832. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the absence of time-based review thresholds in the National Ambulance Service has been subject to audit, risk assessment, or governance review since 2020. [28166/26]
836. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total annual expenditure incurred by the HSE on private ambulance services in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2026. [28176/26]
837. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of patient transfers carried out by private ambulance providers on behalf of the HSE in each of the years 2020 to date in 2026. [28177/26]
838. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the proportion of total non-emergency patient transport activity carried out by private ambulance providers compared to the National Ambulance Service in each of the years 2020 to date in 2026. [28178/26]
839. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the primary reasons private ambulance services are utilised by the HSE, including whether due to capacity constraints within the National Ambulance Service. [28179/26]
840. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any value-for-money analysis has been conducted comparing the cost of private ambulance provision versus expanding publicly operated ambulance capacity. [28180/26]
841. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has a strategic plan to reduce reliance on private ambulance providers and increase in-house capacity, and if so, to outline the timeline and targets. [28181/26]
359. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reasons the independent review of roles and responsibilities at the National Ambulance Service has not been implemented; the progress to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27501/26]
2739. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if additional ambulance services will be provided for the Iveragh Peninsula area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23967/26]
2773. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if additional funding will be allocated to provide for increased ambulance capacity in the Killarney area; if approval will be granted for the recruitment of additional paramedics and the provision of a second ambulance unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24145/26]
2825. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the current policy regarding the employment pathway for newly qualified paramedics within the National Ambulance Service (NAS); the reason for the recent change whereby paramedics who successfully complete the three-year Bachelor of Science in Paramedic Studies and associated NAS training are no longer offered permanent positions upon qualific…
2873. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to examine the following issues in relation to the National Ambulance Service and the BUMBLEance service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24690/26]
2981. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the average monthly response time of the National Ambulance Service to call-outs from Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 in each of the last 12 months, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25128/26]
3046. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of life threatening calls that the National Ambulance Services attended within 19 minutes in County Kerry in 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25534/26]
3062. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the WTE allocated to the National Ambulance Service in Monaghan, by role, the duration of any vacancy, by year for the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25622/26]
3063. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the WTE allocated to the National Ambulance Service in Cavan, by role, the duration of any vacancy, by year for the years 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25623/26]
3065. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she will seek feedback on a call made to the National Ambulance Service (details supplied) and information given by operator to the caller; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25637/26]
3117. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of Critical Care Ambulances on a 24-7 basis that are based in Cork as of 1 April 2026; and if she will provide the same figures as of 1 April 2022, in tabular form. [25976/26]
3128. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of ambulance response times for both purple and red categories in County Roscommon and County Galway, broken down by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26033/26]
3129. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health the number of calls the Ambulance Service received in Roscommon and Galway, broken down by county for each of the years from 2021 to 2025 inclusive. [26034/26]
3130. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance handover times at hospitals and emergency departments serving County Roscommon and County Galway, broken down by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26035/26]
3131. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health the number of calls attended by the Air Ambulance Service in counties Roscommon and Galway; the associated response times, for each of the years from 2021 to 2025, inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26036/26]