2377. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if a 24 hour rapid response vehicle will be introduced at Tuam ambulance base; if there is provision for such a service in the 2026 HSE National Service Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1197/26]
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2406. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the planned ambulance base for Gorey, County Wexford. [1393/26]
2499. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health her views on giving special status to the Castletownbere ambulance due to its geographical location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2281/26]
427. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 338 of 26 November 2025, the reason all areas within the National Ambulance Service are not offering overtime to a staff group to achieve minimal numbers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73114/25]
428. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if private ambulance companies are being tasked to emergency calls by National Emergency Operations Centre; if so, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73115/25]
969. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults on ambulance workers reported nationally in each of the past ten years. [71787/25]
1020. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the amount being spent daily on private ambulance services, per RHA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69787/25]
573. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance turnaround time within the accident and emergency department of the Mater Hospital; the steps being taken to reduce the turnaround time for ambulances; in each of the first 11 months of 2025, in tabular form [67628/25]
696. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the internal investigation being undertaken by the NAS into unacceptable conduct at work and the leaked recording of same in early 2025; her expectation of when that investigation will be completed; the action taken if wrongdoing is found; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68102/25]
697. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she has confidence in the NAS internal inquiry into unacceptable conduct at work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68103/25]
511. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service are examining other possible air ambulance sites in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66912/25]
338. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the National Ambulance Service is utilising private ambulance providers for patient transfers instead of offering staff within the intermediate care service overtime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66621/25]
915. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there are any proposals or plans to change the number of ambulances based in Kenmare community nursing unit; the number of ambulances currently using it as their full-time base; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65985/25]
86. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health for an update on developments with the ambulance service in the south east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64352/25]
141. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to outline the actions her Department is taking to improve ambulance response times in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64636/25]
145. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of the ambulance training base centre for Youghal project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64584/25]
190. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to including a 24-hour rapid response vehicle at Tuam ambulance base in the HSE Capital Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63327/25]
1032. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health the number of National Ambulance Service paramedics per 100,000 nationally, by health region; the number of critical care ambulances and rapid response vehicles, per health region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63118/25]
1033. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of WTEs in the National Ambulance Service (NAS), per grade codes, in the CH08 region, from 2020 to 2025; the annual level of activity delivered by the NAS for the same period, by HSE region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63119/25]
1141. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of people from the Roscommon ambulance station hubs who will be eligible for the next advanced paramedic course being run by the National Ambulance Service, following recent interviews and subsequent results. [63839/25]
1008. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the current number of emergency ambulances available to serve Dublin city and county; the average response times for life-threatening incidents in the Dublin area, in tabular form ; the measures being taken to address delays and increase ambulance capacity given recent cases where patients waited up to two hours for an ambulance; and if she will make a stateme…
1014. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health if her Department has conducted a review of ambulance response times in rural areas of Roscommon and Galway; the actions being taken to improve emergency response efficiency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61471/25]
1062. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the measures her Department already have in place, and the additional measures planned, to ensure adequate physical and mental health supports for members of the National Ambulance Service, in recognition of the toll that their vital work can take on members (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61796/25]
1083. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health for an update on the new ambulance and training facility base for Sligo, the stage the appraisal is at; when a design and planning application will be forthcoming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61867/25]
1118. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health for an update on the much-needed new ambulance and training facility base for Sligo; the stage the appraisal is at; when a design and planning application will be forthcoming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62217/25]