195. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the ambulance response performance for high-acuity emergency incidents for the period 1 January to 31 August in each of the years 2022 to date in 2026, nationally, by HSE or National Ambulance Service region and by county of incident where held, broken down by the applicable current clinical-status category; the incident volume, median response time, 90th perc…
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A subject heading for parliamentary questionsAmbulance Service
860 questions from 114 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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852 written, 8 oral
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| January 2025 | 9 |
| February 2025 | 52 |
| March 2025 | 34 |
| April 2025 | 40 |
| May 2025 | 28 |
| June 2025 | 19 |
| July 2025 | 18 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 29 |
| October 2025 | 20 |
| November 2025 | 21 |
| December 2025 | 7 |
| January 2026 | 24 |
| February 2026 | 100 |
| March 2026 | 112 |
| April 2026 | 72 |
| May 2026 | 177 |
| June 2026 | 34 |
| July 2026 | 16 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 34 |
| October 2026 | 14 |
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114. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Defence to review a request from the HSE in relation to leasing a building (details supplied) for an ambulance base in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67231/26]
573. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of delays in progressing the National Ambulance Service Student Paramedic Apprenticeship competition (NRS14980), which opened in September 2025; the reasons aptitude tests and interviews have not yet commenced; whether training places in affiliated colleges risk remaining vacant as a result; the impact on National Ambulance Service workforce pla…
1100. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health her views on concerns regarding the conditions of community paramedics in the national ambulance service (details supplied). [64195/26]
1117. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns raised by newly qualified community paramedics regarding proposed daytime only rostering within the National Ambulance Service; the impact this may have on staff earnings; the impact on the rollout of community paramedic services, including two planned posts in Killarney (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the ma…
1123. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health whether she is aware of concerns regarding proposed daytime-only rostering for newly qualified community paramedics in the National Ambulance Service, and the position regarding the application of LCR23254 to these staff. [64257/26]
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]
1254. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of a case (details supplied); if there is a comprehensive explanation for the significant delay in emergency service availability to the child following the accident; and what, if any, efforts are ongoing to ensure such delays do not occur in the future. [64834/26]
1268. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health when personnel in the National Ambulance Service, including paramedics, will receive the agreed pay increase and back pay that is due. [64879/26]
1291. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on work of the National Ambulance Service NRS panel; the number of potential employees that are on the panel; the number that have been recruited in the past year; the reason staff are not being called up from the panel given the staffing shortage; to confirm whether the disbandment of the panel is planned; and the plan for persons on th…
1292. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason ambulance call out response times have deteriorated in the past year despite a 14% reduction in the number of call outs. [65001/26]
1294. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to confirm that the NAS train 240 paramedics per year; the number which are employed by the NAS; and the number which are not. the reasons for that. [65000/26]
1295. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of medical interns produced each year who could be deployed to the NAS; the number which are so deployed; and the reason other interns are not deployed. [64999/26]
1296. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to ensure a community paramedic is based in both West Clare and North Clare where they can triage/treat patients locally in order to relieve the NAS, rather than have them based in Ennis. [64997/26]
1297. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to ensure a seven week roster is implemented for the NAS in Clare, complete with extra night crews in Kilrush and Ennistymon; and the rationale behind failing to do so. [64996/26]
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]
1363. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health when the next intake for the National Ambulance Service student paramedic apprenticeship (NRS14980) will commence, and when prospective students will be interviewed. [65397/26]
1396. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health if she will consider a fulsome review of the AMPDS coding and priority assigned by the National Ambulance Service to calls involving falls in elderly and vulnerable patients given the risk of occult fractures, particularly hip fractures, prolonged pain and deterioration while patients are waiting on the floor. [65542/26]
1398. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health when the most recent review of current AMPDS coding and priority assigned by the National Ambulance Service to calls involving falls in elderly and vulnerable patients was undertaken. [65540/26]
1405. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the current clinical evidence and criteria used to determine the priority of current AMPDS coding, and the priority assigned by the National Ambulance Service to calls involving falls in elderly and vulnerable patients. [65539/26]
804. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 732 of 25 March 2026, for an update on his Department's consideration of any technological solutions to identify vehicles on the roads with illegal licence plates with a view of improving enforcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62923/26]
3226. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health for an update on the planned new ambulance base at Gorey. [55323/26]
3268. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if she has given consideration to allocating additional funding to the NAS to provide an ambulance for Inis Oírr; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55488/26]