Ambulance Services

552. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of PURPLE and RED emergency calls in 2024 and 2025 where no ambulance resource was immediately available at the point of call allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41025/26]

553. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service records the duration for which emergency calls remain without an assigned ambulance resource after initial triage; and if so, the average and longest duration recorded in 2024 and 2025. [41026/26]

554. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether repeated breaches of ambulance allocation time KPIs trigger any automatic operational review, executive escalation, or risk escalation process within the HSE or National Ambulance Service. [41027/26]

555. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any analysis has been undertaken correlating ambulance allocation delays with adverse patient outcomes, mortality, ICU admission, cardiac arrest survival rates, or other clinical indicators since 2020. [41028/26]

556. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether ambulance allocation delays are specifically tracked within any HSE Enterprise Risk Register, regional risk register, or National Ambulance Service corporate risk register; and if they will provide details. [41029/26]

557. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the estimated absolute number of PURPLE and RED calls which exceeded the relevant allocation thresholds in 2024 and 2025. [41030/26]

558. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any automatic escalation threshold exists where ambulance allocation delays for PURPLE or RED calls exceed defined levels over a given reporting period; and if so, to provide details. [41031/26]

559. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether repeated breaches of ambulance allocation-time KPIs are recorded within any HSE enterprise, regional, or National Ambulance Service risk register; and if so, the current risk classification assigned. [41032/26]

560. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any review has examined correlations between ambulance allocation delays and adverse patient outcomes, including cardiac arrest survival, stroke outcomes, sepsis outcomes, or mortality rates. [41033/26]

561. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether ambulance allocation delays beyond defined KPI thresholds are retrospectively clinically reviewed where serious harm or death subsequently occurs. [41034/26]

562. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch or the Pre Hospital Emergency Care Council have identified any recommendations, findings, deficiencies, or corrective actions relating to ambulance allocation performance since 2020. [41035/26]