1008. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the current number of emergency ambulances available to serve Dublin city and county; the average response times for life-threatening incidents in the Dublin area, in tabular form ; the measures being taken to address delays and increase ambulance capacity given recent cases where patients waited up to two hours for an ambulance; and if she will make a stateme…
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A subject heading for parliamentary questionsAmbulance Service
860 questions from 114 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
860
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852 written, 8 oral
114
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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| Month | Questions |
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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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1014. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health if her Department has conducted a review of ambulance response times in rural areas of Roscommon and Galway; the actions being taken to improve emergency response efficiency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61471/25]
1062. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the measures her Department already have in place, and the additional measures planned, to ensure adequate physical and mental health supports for members of the National Ambulance Service, in recognition of the toll that their vital work can take on members (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61796/25]
1083. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health for an update on the new ambulance and training facility base for Sligo, the stage the appraisal is at; when a design and planning application will be forthcoming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61867/25]
1118. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health for an update on the much-needed new ambulance and training facility base for Sligo; the stage the appraisal is at; when a design and planning application will be forthcoming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62217/25]
466. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the way in which ambulance response times are measured from the time of 999 call to arrival at the scene of the emergency; the metrics and data which are involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60818/25]
1847. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the provision of an ambulance base in Killorglin, County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58801/25]
1883. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health her plans to improve ambulance response times in the North Cork region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58988/25]
1895. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for a new ambulance base in County Meath to improve emergency response times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59111/25]
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…
1924. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health for an update on the development of a new national ambulance service base at Mount Alvernia Hospital, Mallow, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59212/25]
295. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the components of the remuneration packages which are given to senior public servants at the National Ambulance Service (details supplied). [55630/25]
321. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the average ambulance response times in County Kildare for each year from 2022 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55793/25]
868. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of expenditure on services from the association of ambulance chief executives, by the National Ambulance Service and the HSE, for 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [54975/25]
324. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to consider reinstating training for advanced practitioners in the National Ambulance Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54181/25]
325. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to consider increasing the new development funding provided to the National Ambulance Service, given the projected 11% increase in emergency calls projected in the HSE national service plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54182/25]
576. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health for an update on a project (details supplied); what is the timeframe for finalising it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53017/25]
675. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances which are available on a 24-7 basis at each ambulance station within Donegal in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53619/25]
681. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the ambulance response times in Cork North Central; if the response times are meeting those as set out by HIQA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53687/25]
95. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health for an update on the planned new ambulance base for Gorey, County Wexford. [52566/25]
138. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that the current ambulance dispatch system ensures timely and equitable emergency response across all regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52501/25]
157. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance call-outs received in 2025 that were unable to provide an eircode. [51604/25]
166. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the strategies in place to reduce response times for ambulances in the Dublin metropolitan area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52176/25]
174. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Health if her Department has examined the effectiveness of ambulance call-outs using eircodes for locating emergencies. [51605/25]
177. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the way in which her Department, along with the national ambulance service, proposes to increase the availability of ambulances and skilled paramedics in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52184/25]