Parliamentary questions

1272. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any correlation analysis has been conducted between ambulance dispatch timelines and adverse patient outcomes including cardiac arrest, stroke, trauma, or mortality cases. [37877/26]

1273. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any external audit reports, IAED assessments, Governance Validation Framework reviews, or accreditation findings relating to ambulance dispatch performance since 2020 identified deficiencies, recommendations, or areas requiring improvement. [37878/26]

1274. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE records the longest ambulance allocation or dispatch delay recorded nationally in each year since 2020. [37879/26]

1275. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any internal concern, incident report, or risk assessment has been raised regarding ambulance dispatch delays despite no current risk escalation appearing on the NAS risk register. [37880/26]

1276. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether dispatch compliance data is reviewed by the HSE Board, National Director, or Department of Health on a recurring basis; and if so, the frequency and format of such reporting. [37881/26]

1277. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE considers the 2016 NAS Baseline and Capacity Review findings regarding the attainability of HIQA response standards to remain valid in 2026. [37882/26]

1278. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve access to LGBTQ+-affirming mental health supports nationwide, particularly in relation to specific counselling supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37884/26]

1279. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding currently allocated by her Department and the HSE towards LGBTQ+-specific mental health provision, counselling, psychological supports and early intervention services; the number of staff employed or funded specifically to support the mental health and psychological well-being of LGBTQ+ people, broken down by HSE healt…

1280. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any ambulance allocation delays exceeding 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes or longer are centrally recorded, categorised, monitored or escalated within the National Ambulance Service. [37886/26]

1281. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service maintains any internal dashboard, alert framework or escalation mechanism relating to prolonged ambulance allocation times. [37887/26]

1282. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health how the National Ambulance Service determines that no dispatch-related risks require escalation to the NAS Risk Register despite acknowledged national ambulance demand pressures. [37888/26]

1283. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any mortality, morbidity or patient-outcome analysis has been conducted examining the impact of delayed ambulance allocation or dispatch since 2020.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37889/26]

1284. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any review has been conducted since the 2016 NAS Baseline and Capacity Review regarding the achievability of national ambulance response standards [37890/26]

1285. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE considers the absence of dispatch-related risks on the NAS Risk Register to indicate that no significant operational risk currently exists within ambulance dispatch systems nationally. [37891/26]

1286. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any regional variance data exists comparing ambulance allocation times between urban and rural regions. [37892/26]

1287. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service maintains any internally recorded median or average ambulance allocation times from 999 call receipt to dispatch decision; and whether those figures are publicly reported. [37894/26]

1288. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE or National Ambulance Service maintains any dataset linking ambulance dispatch or allocation delays with patient outcomes, including mortality, clinical deterioration, cardiac arrest survival, or adverse incident reporting. [37895/26]

1289. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national threshold exists for what constitutes an "extreme delay" in ambulance allocation or dispatch; and if so, to provide details of the threshold and escalation procedures. [37896/26]

1290. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any review has been conducted since the 2016 NAS Baseline and Capacity Review regarding the statement that HIQA ambulance response standards were "impossible to achieve"; and whether revised national targets were subsequently adopted. [37897/26]

1291. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health who authorised the operational replacement or modification of the HIQA ambulance response standards referenced in the 2016 NAS Capacity Review. [37898/26]

1292. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any internal analysis has been conducted regarding regional disparities in ambulance allocation times between urban and rural areas since 2020. [37899/26]

1293. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether ambulance dispatch performance data is reviewed at Departmental level through the HSE Performance and Accountability Framework; and if so, which indicators are monitored. [37900/26]

1294. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any risk assessment has been conducted regarding the absence of dispatch-time risks on the National Ambulance Service, NAS, risk register, despite ongoing pressures relating to ambulance demand and emergency department handover delays. [37901/26]

1295. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service maintains any internal maximum acceptable time thresholds between receipt of a 999 call and ambulance resource allocation; and if so, to provide the thresholds applicable to each call category. [37902/26]

1296. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service records the number of incidents in which ambulance allocation exceeds internally accepted dispatch timelines; and if so, to provide annual figures from 2020 to date. [37903/26]