350. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number persons who have retired from the National Ambulance Service in each of the past five years; and the number of new persons employed by the National Ambulance Service in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [22609/26]
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423. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a discrepancy between published agreed eligibility criteria and campaign criteria for a role within the National Ambulance Service (details supplied); if this application process will be reviewed given that a number of eligible staff were deemed ineligible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22955/26]
987. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health to advise the number of EMT crews based in Roscommon Ambulance Base; if there are plans to remove a crew and reduce the number of crews; if so, the reason for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22237/26]
1021. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance crews assigned to the Roscommon-Galway constituency; and whether additional resources are planned, with current and planned crew numbers, in tabular form. [22351/26]
515. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health for an update on the staffing levels of the National Ambulance Service; the optimum staffing level required to provide an efficient and effective service nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21313/26]
516. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health for an update on the recruitment and retention of staff for the National Ambulance Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21314/26]
1675. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to reinstate the recruitment pathways for qualified PHECC paramedics within the National Ambulance Service; the reason pathways to permanent employment were changed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18332/26]
1676. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the amount of money which was spent on private ambulance services by the health service in each of the years from 2020 to 2025; the anticipated cost for 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18334/26]
1681. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to ensure that training paramedics promised a permanent post after successful qualification will receive one; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18379/26]
1689. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of employees of the National Ambulance Service in relation to their employment contracts (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18396/26]
1691. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason newly qualified paramedics have not been offered permanent contracts and instead have been informed that they must reapply for their current roles; if she was informed about the decision in advance; her views on this change to National Ambulance Service (NAS) policy; if she has engaged with the NAS regarding this change; and if she will make a stateme…
1692. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she intends to instruct the National Ambulance Service to reverse the decision not to offer newly qualified paramedics permanent contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18407/26]
1715. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health if there has been a change to the long-established practice of offering permanent National Ambulance Service positions to paramedics who successfully complete training; the support that is available for those impacted by this change of practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18525/26]
1726. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the reason newly qualified paramedics in the National Ambulance Service are no longer being offered permanent posts on completion of training and are instead being placed on short term contracts and required to reapply for permanent roles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18647/26]
1728. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if she will address concerns regarding the National Ambulance Service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18655/26]
1766. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health for her views regarding a total breakdown in service and accountability by the National Ambulance Service (NAS) in Limerick (details supplied); if she will ensure that a full response to the complaint is issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18856/26]
1799. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that 76 newly qualified paramedics within the National Ambulance Service, who have completed the BSc (Hons) in Paramedic Studies through University College Cork and secured registration with the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council, have been issued with 16-week extensions to their Specific Purpose Contracts rather than being transitioned to perma…
1800. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the rationale for extending Specific Purpose Contracts where the stated purpose of those contracts has now been fulfilled; if legal advice was sought regarding the appropriateness of using the same contractual mechanism after the original purpose has been achieved; the reason this cohort is being treated differently to previous graduating cohorts of paramedics w…
1801. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health To ask the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE has issued guidance to local management within NAS regarding the notice period provided to these paramedics, particularly in circumstances where some staff reportedly received notice only days before contract expiry. [18983/26]
1802. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health whether a workforce planning assessment has been conducted to determine the operational need for permanent paramedic posts within NAS, having regard to sustained service demand and existing staffing pressures. [18984/26]
1803. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the assurances that can be provided to paramedics regarding a clear and timely pathway to permanent employment; if she will intervene to ensure transparency and fairness in how this matter is resolved. [18985/26]
1804. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the action her Department is taking to rectify the paramedic contract which was promised in 2022 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18995/26]
1823. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she will explain the legal basis upon which the HSE and National Ambulance Service have departed from a 15 year established practice of offering permanent contracts to paramedics upon successful completion of their training; if she will address concerns that this departure constitutes a breach of the public law doctrine of legitimate expectation for those c…
1824. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the email issued by the National Ambulance Service on 18 December 2025 stating that permanent contracts would be offered to the graduating cohort once their degree results were finalised; if she accepts that this communication constituted an explicit promise of permanent employment; if she will outline the reason this commitment has not been…
1825. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she has assessed the personal, financial, and professional impact on the 76 newly qualified paramedics and others currently in training who relied on the long standing practice of automatic permanent contracts, including those who secured mortgages, started families, or declined other employment opportunities on the basis of this expectation; and if she wil…