911. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 68479/26, the number of approved and filled intermediate care WTE posts in the National Ambulance Service South region, and in Cork specifically, at 31 December in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and at 30 September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73741/26]
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912. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 68479/26, the number of intermediate care vehicles in the National Ambulance Service fleet at 31 December in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and at 30 September 2026; the average number of those vehicles off the road in each of those years; the basis, including any fleet review or utilisation data, on which the National Ambulan…
914. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 68479/26, the reason the number of intermediate care WTE in situ in the National Ambulance Service fell from 194 at the end of 2023 to 189 at the end of 2024, while approved WTE rose from 243 to 269 over the same period; the number of intermediate care staff recruited and the number who left in each of the years 2022 to 2025 a…
953. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 68480/26, whether a written national policy, protocol or set of clinical criteria exists which sets out when an acute hospital may engage a private ambulance provider for an inter facility transfer in place of the National Ambulance Service; if so, the title and date of the document and whether it will be published; if not, wh…
955. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the percentage of inter facility transfer bookings accepted by the national ambulance service against the HSE national service plan target of 80 per cent in each of the years 2024, 2025 and 2026 to date, nationally and for HSE south-west, with a separate figure for Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73864/26]
956. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of inter facility transfers carried out by private ambulance providers under the HSE procurement framework; the total cost of same, in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 to date, by HSE health region and, by hospital, including Cork University Hospital and the Mercy University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73865/26]
957. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the name of the HSE procurement framework used by acute hospitals for inter facility transfers which the National Ambulance Service cannot service; the date it was awarded; its duration and estimated value; the providers appointed to it; the clinical governance, licensing and staffing standards those providers are required to meet; and if she will make a statement…
998. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the basis on which the 80% acceptance target for inter-facility transfer bookings was set for the National Ambulance Service in the HSE National Service Plan 2026; whether the remaining bookings are declined for reasons of capacity or clinical suitability; whether patient safety incidents arising during transfers carried out by private providers are recorded on th…
765. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a national policy governs specifically when a hospital should engage a private ambulance provider in place of the National Ambulance Service, as distinct from the general 2011 non-ambulance patient transport policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68480/26]
766. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to confirmation that the National Ambulance Services demand outstrips capacity, and that its intermediate care resources are limited, to provide an update on the National Ambulance Service intermediate care fleet establishment; the number of those posts filled, in each of the years from 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on …
767. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of inter-hospital and patient transports carried out by private ambulance providers on behalf of the Health Service Executive in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of these that arose because National Ambulance Service resources were unavailable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68478/26]
768. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total amount paid by the Health Service Executive and by hospitals to private ambulance providers in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, broken down by hospital or hospital group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68477/26]
1230. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions 57689/26 and 57690/26, given that there is no entry on the National Incident Management System relating to the ambulance service or ambulance allocation, the mechanism used to record and count patient harm arising from delayed ambulance allocation; and if she intends to establish such a field within the National Incident Managem…
1231. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 57690/26, which did not provide the yes or no requested, whether delayed ambulance allocation is a recordable category or field within the National Incident Management System; and to state yes or no. [64762/26]
1232. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 57688/26, which did not provide the yes or no requested, whether delayed ambulance allocation is a specified trigger for review under the HSE Incident Management Framework; and to state yes or no. [64761/26]
737. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 2332 and 2333 of 9 June 2026, whether she is satisfied that the National Ambulance Service maintains no national dataset recording the elapsed time between receipt of a 999 call and allocation of an ambulance resource; whether she has requested that such a dataset be established; and if she will make a statement on the matte…
738. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2334 of 9 June 2026, whether she will now commission a national analysis examining the relationship between ambulance allocation or dispatch delays and mortality, morbidity, clinical deterioration or other patient outcomes; and if not, the basis on which she is satisfied that no such analysis is required. [50978/26]
739. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2330 of 9 June 2026, the recommendations, corrective actions, policy changes or service improvements that arose from the two system analysis reviews identified by the National Ambulance Service as involving ambulance allocation or dispatch delays since 2020; and the date on which each such action was implemented. [50979/26]
740. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2335 of 9 June 2026, whether she will publish the two system analysis reviews identified by the National Ambulance Service as having found ambulance allocation or dispatch delays to be contributory factors; and if publication is not possible, the specific findings, recommendations and corrective actions arising from each revie…
758. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide a summary of the findings, recommendations and corrective actions arising from the two system analysis reviews identified by the National Ambulance Service as involving ambulance allocation or dispatch delays since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48855/26]
759. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2330 of 9 June 2026, the date by which the Health Service Executive will revert to this Deputy with the additional information requested regarding the two National Ambulance Service System Analysis Reviews; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48856/26]
760. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the absence of a national dataset recording elapsed time between receipt of a 999 call and allocation of an ambulance resource is recorded on any HSE or National Ambulance Service risk register or audit plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48857/26]
2330. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the two System Analysis Reviews identified by the National Ambulance Service as involving ambulance allocation or dispatch delays since 2020 resulted in recommendations, corrective actions, policy changes or service improvements; and if so, to provide details. [43664/26]
2331. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the two incidents involving delayed ambulance allocation that were escalated through the Enterprise Risk Register, Serious Incident Management Team or National Incident Management System involved patient death, serious harm, permanent injury or other adverse clinical outcomes; and if they cannot provide details for confidentiality reasons, to outline the …
2332. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether they are satisfied that the National Ambulance Service does not routinely maintain datasets recording prolonged ambulance allocation delays, longest allocation delays, or correlations between dispatch delays and patient outcomes; and whether any plans exist to introduce such monitoring and reporting arrangements. [43666/26]