1339. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any helicopter emergency medical service operated by or on behalf of the National Ambulance Service is currently capable of operating at night; if the north-west service commenced at Sligo Airport in July 2026 is intended to acquire a night capability; and if so, the timeline and estimated cost. [65230/26]
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Showing questions asked by Pádraig Rice under the heading Ambulance Service.
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251. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to avert the planned strike action in the National Ambulance Service; if she will commit to implementing the independent review of roles and responsibilities at the National Ambulance Service; the reason this has not been done to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35633/26]
359. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reasons the independent review of roles and responsibilities at the National Ambulance Service has not been implemented; the progress to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27501/26]
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]
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]
1050. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she intends to reinstate the paramedic and advanced paramedic supervisor grade within the National Ambulance Service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6097/26]
1051. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she intends to introduce a dedicated ICO/EMT supervisor grade within the National Ambulance Service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6098/26]
1052. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a previously agreed ratio will be implemented in the National Ambulance Service (details supplied); the reason this has not been implemented to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6099/26]
1054. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a proposal will be progressed with respect to the work of supervisors within the National Ambulance Service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6118/26]
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]
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]
1912. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on the confirmation that the Director of the National Ambulance Service is in receipt of an advanced paramedic allowance (details supplied); if this is in breach of the criteria for claiming the allowance, given that a 2009 HSE circular states that advanced paramedics must ‘continue to practice advance paramedic skills in the HSE ambulance service’; an…
385. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason for the disruption to the authorisation of newly qualified paramedics and advanced paramedics within the National Ambulance Service; to outline the rationale for not conducting any consultation or providing an explanation for the disruption; the persons responsible for issuing the necessary letters of authorisation; the date at which these graduates wi…
801. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to a recent poll into the attitudes of front-line ambulance staff towards the leadership of the National Ambulance Service (details supplied); if she has replied to correspondence from the representative organisation; the steps she will take in response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27685/25]
655. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the new National Ambulance Service strategic plan; the timeline for publication; if an implementation plan will be published alongside the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9114/25]
656. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the 180 posts to be delivered in the National Ambulance Service; the status of recruitment for these posts; the date by which she expects recruitment to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9115/25]