1541. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 3 October 2024, to provide a breakdown of the €16 million additional expenditure allocation announced for the National Ambulance Service; the purpose of the allocation; the details of intended spend by line item, in tabular form; if it was the intention that funding would be allocated for advanced paramedic training…
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860 questions from 114 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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| 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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1551. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of Clinical Status 1 ECHO and Clinical Status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less in a direct tabular comparison for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form; the average length of such response times, nationally and by reg…
1552. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of incidents responded to by the ambulance service, by clinical status and substatus, for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [10922/25]
1553. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews ready and mobile to receive another call within 20 minutes of patient handover, for each emergency department and for each hospital for each quarter in 2023 and 2024 and each month to date in 2025, tabular form. [10923/25]
1595. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of paramedics recruited by the National Ambulance Service in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the number of paramedics who have left the National Ambulance Service in the corresponding timeframe; her plans to improve recruitment and retention in the service more generally; and if she will make a statement on the matter…
1679. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health how she will address the serious concerns of officers in the National Ambulance Service on the impact of Revenue’s approach to benefit-in-kind taxation towards their marked and fully equipped blue-light response vehicles; if she is aware of the negative impact this will have in many communities across the State; and if she will make a statement on the m…
1724. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the status of the plans to construct a state-of-the-art ambulance base at Kelvin Grove, Carlow. [11799/25]
73. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health to review the current situation within the National Ambulance Service where emergency response vehicles have been removed from off-duty paramedics as such vehicles are perceived to be a benefit-in-kind and the impact this decision will have on response times to an emergency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9144/25]
80. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when she will implement paramedic specialist grades for the National Ambulance Service; to provide an update on the review of roles and responsibilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10083/25]
138. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason no advanced paramedic has been trained since 2019; and if she is aware that paramedics working in the National Ambulance Service do not receive a telephone allowance. [10197/25]
398. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health for an employment report, to include the following categories: medical and dental, nursing and midwifery, health and social care professionals, management and administrative, general support, and patient and client care for the National Ambulance Service Mid-West, for the years 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [10292/25]
399. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the current status and any progress on the development of a new ambulance base in Kilrush, County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10293/25]
447. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of incidents responded by the National Ambulance Service, by clinical status and sub status for January in each of the years 2022 and 2025. [10471/25]
458. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if the amount of the €16 million Budget 2025 allocation for the National Ambulance Service that was to be used to train advanced paramedics; and the number of advanced paramedics this will train. [10540/25]
459. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether he is aware of comments made by the National Ambulance Service indicating it does not intend to reopen training for advanced paramedics. [10541/25]
190. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the current understaffing in the National Ambulance Service; how she intends to solve this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9998/25]
197. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of disciplinary procedures taken against staff of National Ambulance Service for contacting managers out-of-hours and the policy as it relates to contacting management out of hours. [10044/25]
198. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of National Ambulance Service roster polices as it relates to local rosters and regional rosters; the service’s plans as it relates to regional rosters [10045/25]
655. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the new National Ambulance Service strategic plan; the timeline for publication; if an implementation plan will be published alongside the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9114/25]
656. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the 180 posts to be delivered in the National Ambulance Service; the status of recruitment for these posts; the date by which she expects recruitment to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9115/25]
730. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the targets set for each year by the National Ambulance Service for implementation of its workforce and capacity review, in tabular form; and the progress against such targets for each year since the commencement of the strategy. [9563/25]
737. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of 24-7 HSE critical care ambulances, by location, in each of the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [9583/25]
776. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 3 October 2024, the amount of the additional €16 million in full-year funding to the National Ambulance Service that will be spent on ensuring more advanced paramedics in 2025, as confirmed for Budget 2025 (details supplied); the amount of additional advance paramedics this will see trained; and if she will make a sta…
781. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health when the air ambulance will be returning to the Athlone base; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9824/25]
395. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health : for clarification on the decision that off-duty paramedics are no longer able to bring their work vehicles home; if this is a permanent decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8793/25]