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Paul Lawless Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
795. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of the number of personnel who have retired from the National Ambulance Service in each county in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [25241/25]
Paul Lawless Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
796. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health whether there is any provision within the National Ambulance Service's recruitment framework specifically aimed at targeting staffing needs in the west and north-west regions. [25242/25]
Paul Lawless Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
797. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the current number of vacancies in the National Ambulance Service in each division [25243/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
847. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the length of time the two ambulance crews in Tuam, County Galway, are at Tuam ambulance base while not out on calls on a weekly basis for the years 2024 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25750/25]
Mark Wall Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
874. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the number of collisions requiring ambulance dispatch in Kildare for 2023 and to date in 2025; and the average time of dispatch, in tabular form. [25891/25]
Mark Wall Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
875. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance paramedic staff assigned to the Kildare area in 2023 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [25892/25]
Alan Kelly Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
886. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to help the recruitment crisis in the National Ambulance Service nationwide; the plans in place to recruit staff in north Tipperary, seeing that only one ambulance was operating in the whole of north Tipperary last night; the plans in place to retain staff currently operating in the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25954…
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
320. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the average length of time it takes for an ambulance call-out to arrive in Kilkenny; the number of call-outs; the average distance travelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24961/25]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 15 May 2025 · to Health
321. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the average length of time it takes for an ambulance call-out to arrive in Carlow; the number of call-outs; the average distance travelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24962/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
211. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the total number of ambulances that were awaited handover in hospital for a period exceeding one hour in each of the past five years; the number of instances where a patient had died subsequent to 999 call being made but prior to handover at hospital in each of the past five years; the average waiting time for ambulance arrival in each of the past five years, brok…
Mairéad Farrell Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
215. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the establishment of an ambulance base in Conamara and the timeline for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24758/25]
Tony McCormack Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
172. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Health the reason the midlands region, including County Offaly, has fewer ambulance resources now than it did 25 years ago; if there are plans to review the level of ambulance service provision in the region to ensure timely emergency response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24024/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
191. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if she will engage with the National Ambulance Service on the need for a 24/7 rapid response vehicle operated by advanced paramedics at Tuam ambulance base; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24027/25]
Séamus McGrath Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
200. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she will engage with the HSE and the National Ambulance Service on the withdrawal of ambulance vehicles from advance paramedics-educational officers and resource managers. [23722/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
214. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance response time in County Meath in each of the past ten years; and the steps she is taking to decrease ambulance response time in the region. [24054/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1005. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason the recent announcement by the National Ambulance Service (NAS) on the recruitment of additional staff does not include any additional paramedic posts for the west/north-west region; if she will give a firm assurance that people living in the west/north-west region are being provided with the same level of service from the NAS as people livin…
John Brady Written 8 May 2025 · to Health
434. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of a full-time ambulance service for areas in Wicklow (details provided); when this service will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23037/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
483. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the staffing breakdown of each ambulance station across County Wicklow, by the number of EMTS, the number of paramedics, and the number of advanced paramedics per station, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22350/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
484. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the reason County Wicklow was excluded from the National Ambulance Service expression of interest to train new advanced paramedics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22351/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Health
186. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the full year costs of providing three additional 24-7 HSE critical care ambulances. [21346/25]
David Cullinane Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Health
215. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less for each March for each year 2019 to 2024, inclusive, nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if she will make a state…
David Cullinane Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Health
216. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less for quarter 1 for each year 2019 to 2024, inclusive, nationally and by ambulance region in a direct comparison, in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if…
David Cullinane Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Health
217. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews who are ready and mobile to receive another call within 20 minutes of patient handover for each emergency department and each hospital for each month in 2024 and in 2025 to date, in tabular form. [21522/25]
Thomas Gould Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2129. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances rostered on the last Friday in each of the past six months by night and day shift respectively, in Cork city, in tabular form. [19468/25]
Thomas Gould Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2130. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of staff rostered specifically to St. Mary’s campus for ambulance services on the last Friday of each of the past six months, by night and day shift respectively, in tabular form. [19469/25]