2325. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the average and median response times for purple and red emergency calls in each of the past 12 months; and the percentage of such calls meeting the national response time targets set by the Health Service Executive. [75138/25]
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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| 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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2326. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the primary factors identified by her Department and the Health Service Executive as contributing to emergency ambulance response times exceeding 60 minutes, including staffing levels, vehicle availability, hospital handover delays, and rostering constraints. [75139/25]
2327. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of hours ambulances were unavailable for emergency, in each of the past 12 months due to hospital handover delays; and the measures in place to reduce ambulance turnaround times at emergency departments. [75140/25]
2328. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the additional staffing, vehicles, and funding allocated to the National Ambulance Service in 2024 and 2025 to address prolonged emergency response times; and the impact of these measures on response performance to date. [75141/25]
2329. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department has conducted or commissioned any risk assessment on patient harm associated with emergency ambulance response times exceeding 60 minutes; and if so, to provide the findings. [75142/25]
2377. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if a 24 hour rapid response vehicle will be introduced at Tuam ambulance base; if there is provision for such a service in the 2026 HSE National Service Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1197/26]
2406. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the planned ambulance base for Gorey, County Wexford. [1393/26]
2499. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health her views on giving special status to the Castletownbere ambulance due to its geographical location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2281/26]
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]
969. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults on ambulance workers reported nationally in each of the past ten years. [71787/25]
1020. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the amount being spent daily on private ambulance services, per RHA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69787/25]
573. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance turnaround time within the accident and emergency department of the Mater Hospital; the steps being taken to reduce the turnaround time for ambulances; in each of the first 11 months of 2025, in tabular form [67628/25]
696. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the internal investigation being undertaken by the NAS into unacceptable conduct at work and the leaked recording of same in early 2025; her expectation of when that investigation will be completed; the action taken if wrongdoing is found; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68102/25]
697. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she has confidence in the NAS internal inquiry into unacceptable conduct at work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68103/25]
511. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service are examining other possible air ambulance sites in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66912/25]
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]
915. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if there are any proposals or plans to change the number of ambulances based in Kenmare community nursing unit; the number of ambulances currently using it as their full-time base; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65985/25]
86. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health for an update on developments with the ambulance service in the south east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64352/25]
141. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to outline the actions her Department is taking to improve ambulance response times in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64636/25]
145. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of the ambulance training base centre for Youghal project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64584/25]
190. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to including a 24-hour rapid response vehicle at Tuam ambulance base in the HSE Capital Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63327/25]
1032. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health the number of National Ambulance Service paramedics per 100,000 nationally, by health region; the number of critical care ambulances and rapid response vehicles, per health region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63118/25]
1033. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of WTEs in the National Ambulance Service (NAS), per grade codes, in the CH08 region, from 2020 to 2025; the annual level of activity delivered by the NAS for the same period, by HSE region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63119/25]
1141. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of people from the Roscommon ambulance station hubs who will be eligible for the next advanced paramedic course being run by the National Ambulance Service, following recent interviews and subsequent results. [63839/25]