977. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the reason Clifden, County Galway has been left without any ambulance cover on a number of occasions recently (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9227/26]
Topics / Ambulance Service
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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1071. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances at each ambulance station in the state; the number for each of the past three years, including the location of each ambulance station, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9659/26]
1072. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for an ambulance in each CHO district; the average waiting time nationally; the average waiting times for each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9660/26]
1073. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the number of times a person ringing the national ambulance service has been told that there is no ambulance available; the number of times per ambulance station that this has happened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9661/26]
1074. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the number of employees employed by the national ambulance service; the number per ambulance station; their rank; the number for the last three years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9662/26]
1153. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the ambulance response performance for clinical status 1 incidents in the HSE Dublin and Northeast Health Region, including response times, proportions met, and incident volumes by clinical status, from 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [10246/26]
1154. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews available to respond within 20 minutes of emergency department handover at Navan Hospital, and each hospital in the Dublin and Northeast Region, by location, on a quarterly basis for 2023-2025, in tabular form. [10247/26]
374. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health when the decision was taken that emergency ambulance response times exceeding 60 minutes would not be routinely recorded, collated, or reported as part of the State’s ambulance performance framework; the person that authorised this decision; and whether she is satisfied that the absence of such data is compatible with effective patient safety oversight. [8860/26]
375. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she accepts that the current National Ambulance Service KPI framework does not measure or report life threatening emergency response delays exceeding 60 minutes; and if so, whether she will direct that this data be formally collected, audited, and published on a routine basis. [8861/26]
376. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any Department of Health policy, guidance, or risk management framework addresses patient harm arising from prolonged ambulance response times beyond existing KPI thresholds; and if not, whether she intends to commission such a framework. [8862/26]
377. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has undertaken, commissioned, or received any clinical risk assessment, patient safety review, or adverse incident analysis relating to emergency ambulance response times exceeding 60 minutes during the period 2023 to date; and if not, the reasons for same. [8863/26]
378. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she accepts that failure to measure extreme emergency response delays limits the State’s ability to identify, assess, and mitigate patient safety risks; and whether she will instruct the Health Service Executive to amend its performance governance arrangements accordingly. [8864/26]
380. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the oversight mechanisms which exist within her Department to ensure that National Ambulance Service performance metrics adequately capture risks associated with prolonged emergency response times; and whether those mechanisms have been reviewed in light of rising demand and persistent emergency department congestion. [8876/26]
410. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the reason overtime to fill a shift for the rapid response vehicle in Roscommon was removed by the National Ambulance Service. [8959/26]
411. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service intend to restore 24/7 cover of the rapid response vehicle in Roscommon; and the cost of the overtime that was in place to do this. [8960/26]
438. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the reason an action card was not put in place for Roscommon by the National Ambulance Service; if this will be done to ensure the advanced paramedic roster for the rapid response vehicle (RRV) can be filled, and give the same protection for the RRV, as was given to Nenagh and Ennis; and the reason Roscommon is excluded from such an action card, as an entire co…
939. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the precise deployment locations of all National Ambulance Service units assigned to County Mayo between 10pm on 10 January 2026 and 1am on 11 January 2026, including which units were on call; which were responding to other incidents; which were unavailable; the reasons for any unavailability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7366/26]
940. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the decision-making process undertaken by the National Ambulance Service control centre when an emergency call concerning a person (details supplied) was received including the units which were considered; the units which were rejected; the reasons for any delay in dispatch; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7367/26]
941. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to provide the real-time tracking data, including timestamps, for all ambulances assigned to County Mayo between 10pm on 10 January 2026 and 1am on 11 January 2026, indicating their movements, dispatch times, and any periods spent awaiting assignment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7368/26]
943. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health whether cross-county ambulance support from Sligo, Galway, or Roscommon was available, requested, or dispatched during an emergency (details supplied); if not, the reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7370/26]
944. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health whether communication difficulties arising from mobile coverage blackspots in north Mayo contributed to the delay in ambulance response in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7371/26]
945. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service met its category-one response-time obligations in County Mayo on 10 January 2026 in relation to an emergency (details supplied); if not, to provide the reasons for non-compliance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7372/26]
946. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to identify any systemic, staffing, operational, or logistical issues within the National Ambulance Service that contributed to the unavailability of an ambulance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7373/26]
947. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health whether any ambulances or ambulance staff assigned to County Mayo were prevented from responding to emergencies on the night of 10 January 2026 due to being delayed outside Mayo University Hospital with patients who could not be admitted immediately; if so, the number of such patients waiting in ambulances; the length of time each ambulance was delayed; the impac…
1001. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health where the HSE and National Ambulance Service currently stand on delivering the recognition that has been promised to paramedics for several years; the HSEs views on the reason recent pay and recognition proposals are being repeatedly rejected by paramedic staff; whether she accepts that these proposals fail to adequately reflect the clinical autonomy, unsocial…