Ambulance Service

1275. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any internal concern, incident report, or risk assessment has been raised regarding ambulance dispatch delays despite no current risk escalation appearing on the NAS risk register. [37880/26]

1276. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether dispatch compliance data is reviewed by the HSE Board, National Director, or Department of Health on a recurring basis; and if so, the frequency and format of such reporting. [37881/26]

1280. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any ambulance allocation delays exceeding 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes or longer are centrally recorded, categorised, monitored or escalated within the National Ambulance Service. [37886/26]

1281. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service maintains any internal dashboard, alert framework or escalation mechanism relating to prolonged ambulance allocation times. [37887/26]

1282. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health how the National Ambulance Service determines that no dispatch-related risks require escalation to the NAS Risk Register despite acknowledged national ambulance demand pressures. [37888/26]

1283. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any mortality, morbidity or patient-outcome analysis has been conducted examining the impact of delayed ambulance allocation or dispatch since 2020.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37889/26]

1284. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any review has been conducted since the 2016 NAS Baseline and Capacity Review regarding the achievability of national ambulance response standards [37890/26]

1285. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE considers the absence of dispatch-related risks on the NAS Risk Register to indicate that no significant operational risk currently exists within ambulance dispatch systems nationally. [37891/26]

1286. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any regional variance data exists comparing ambulance allocation times between urban and rural regions. [37892/26]

1287. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service maintains any internally recorded median or average ambulance allocation times from 999 call receipt to dispatch decision; and whether those figures are publicly reported. [37894/26]

1288. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE or National Ambulance Service maintains any dataset linking ambulance dispatch or allocation delays with patient outcomes, including mortality, clinical deterioration, cardiac arrest survival, or adverse incident reporting. [37895/26]

1289. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national threshold exists for what constitutes an "extreme delay" in ambulance allocation or dispatch; and if so, to provide details of the threshold and escalation procedures. [37896/26]

1292. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any internal analysis has been conducted regarding regional disparities in ambulance allocation times between urban and rural areas since 2020. [37899/26]

1293. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether ambulance dispatch performance data is reviewed at Departmental level through the HSE Performance and Accountability Framework; and if so, which indicators are monitored. [37900/26]

1294. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any risk assessment has been conducted regarding the absence of dispatch-time risks on the National Ambulance Service, NAS, risk register, despite ongoing pressures relating to ambulance demand and emergency department handover delays. [37901/26]

1295. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service maintains any internal maximum acceptable time thresholds between receipt of a 999 call and ambulance resource allocation; and if so, to provide the thresholds applicable to each call category. [37902/26]

1296. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service records the number of incidents in which ambulance allocation exceeds internally accepted dispatch timelines; and if so, to provide annual figures from 2020 to date. [37903/26]

1297. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any internal analysis has been conducted examining correlations between ambulance dispatch delays and patient deterioration, morbidity, mortality, or adverse clinical outcomes since 2020. [37904/26]

1298. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any risk assessments have been conducted regarding the inability to achieve historic HIQA ambulance response standards; and whether these risks are currently recorded within any national HSE risk management framework. [37905/26]

1299. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any reports, briefings, or governance documents since 2020 have identified ambulance dispatch timelines as presenting a patient safety risk. [37906/26]

1300. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service maintains a dataset recording the longest ambulance dispatch allocation delays nationally and by region; and if so, to provide details. [37907/26]

1301. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any category of ambulance call is currently operating outside intended dispatch allocation standards on a recurring basis. [37908/26]

1302. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any formal escalation thresholds exist within the National Emergency Operations Centre for excessive ambulance allocation delays. [37909/26]

512. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if she will engage with unions to address a dispute and implement the recommendations of the McHugh/Crabtree report for paramedics (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35815/26]

539. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to address the need for increased ambulance services in County Galway; whether her Department currently has proposals to expand or enhance ambulance capacity in the county; and if so, to provide the details of any such proposals, including timelines, resource allocations, and planned service improvements; an…