Ambulance Service

736. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if the pre-hospital emergency care council intends to re-instate the pre-pandemic minimum care standard that required ambulance crews to be composed of at least two qualified paramedics, instead of a paramedic and an EMT; the reason a lessening of care standards in a pre-hospital context, post-pandemic, has been permitted; and if she will m…

450. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of National Ambulance Service emergency incidents in County Clare in each of the years 2021 to 2025 involving major trauma, suspected stroke, STEMI, cardiac arrest or other time-critical conditions; the location of the incident by municipal district; the destination hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the …

468. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE rapid response vehicles based in Laois and available for calls on a 24-7 basis as of the 9 June 2026; if she will provide same figures as of the 30 June 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46495/26]

527. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health her plans to improve the ambulance service in the Mid-West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46702/26]

995. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the details of the level of National Ambulance Service cover that there has been across the past six months at each ambulance based in Clare and the wider mid-west region (details supplied); if at any times shifts were not covered at certain bases; the way in which she plans to remedy this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4572…

1029. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the completion of the new ambulance base at Recess, County Galway, including key milestones and the expected date of operational readiness; the level of ambulance services planned to be operated from the base, including staffing levels, number of ambulance units, hours of operation, the catchment area it will serve; and if …

273. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to address an issue regarding emergency calls for an ambulance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44608/26]

274. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason the NAS is not hiring EMT's in Kerry; if more resources or incentives be given to the private ambulance sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44609/26]

1886. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total number of staff currently employed within the National Ambulance Service (approximately 2,500); and to provide a full breakdown by role, including but not limited to: paramedics, advanced paramedics, EMTs, NEOC (National Emergency Operations Centre) staff, intermediate care operatives, administrative staff, and managerial grades. […

1887. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of paramedics and advanced paramedics that are assigned to full time frontline operational duties in an emergency ambulance or designated rapid response vehicle (RRV) not including tactical officers, training officers, ORM's or higher grade officers. [41854/26]

1888. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of paramedics and EMT's are working in the intermediate care service as intermediate care operatives; and the extent to which these staff are involved in or diverted to emergency frontline call-outs given that their primary role is patient transfer. [41855/26]

1889. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of areas in the past three months that had 100% cover on a daily basis in EA and RRV response, and of those days with 100% cover, divide each region to the counties in that region and had each county 100% on the day the region had 100% cover, for example region, mid-west, counties of Clare, Limerick and north Tipperary. [41856/26]

1890. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts within the National Ambulance Service, by grade; and the measures being taken to recruit and retain frontline personnel. [41857/26]

1892. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of EA's and RRV's that should be on the road on a daily and nightly basis across the country; and the number in reality. [41859/26]

1893. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the current average ambulance response times nationally and by region; and the way in which staffing levels are impacting these response times. [41860/26]

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 reas…

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]

2333. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether they are satisfied that the National Ambulance Service does not maintain a national dataset recording elapsed time between receipt of a 999 call and allocation of an ambulance resource; whether the Minister has requested that such a dataset be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43671/26]

2334. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether they are satisfied that no national analysis has been conducted examining the relationship between ambulance allocation or dispatch delays and mortality, morbidity, clinical deterioration or other patient outcomes; whether such analysis will now be commissioned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43672/26]

2335. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether they will publish details of 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 nature of the findings, recommendations and corrective actions arising from those reviews. [43673/26]

2382. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she has sought a report from the HSE on the two incidents since 2020 in which ambulance allocation or dispatch delays were identified as contributory factors in system analysis reviews; whether she will provide the dates of those incidents, the nature of the contributory findings, and the recommendations arising; and if she will make a…

2383. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department of Health or HSE has considered establishing a national framework to routinely analyse the relationship between ambulance dispatch and allocation delays and patient outcomes, including mortality, morbidity, adverse incidents and serious reportable events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43860/26]

2384. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that the absence of a central national dataset recording elapsed time from receipt of a 999 call to allocation of an ambulance resource permits adequate national oversight of dispatch performance and patient safety risks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43861/26]

2465. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of minibuses, vans, and SUVs and similar such vehicles owned by the National Ambulance Service, by the year of acquisition, the distance these vehicles have travelled to date and the hours they have been in use since acquisition, in tabular form. [44175/26]