asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the ambulance services in the City of Dublin are inadequate to assist poor persons in need of such services; and if he will take steps to improve them.
Ceisteanna — Questions. Oral Answers. - Dublin City Ambulance Services.
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I cannot accept the proposition that the ambulance services in the city of Dublin are inadequate to assist poor persons in need of such services. I am advised by the Dublin Health Authority that in all cases where an ambulance is requested by a medical officer for the transport of a medical card holder or his dependants to a hospital or clinic, arrangements are made for such ambulance transport free of charge to the patient. As, however, this is a matter for the health authority in the first instance, I would suggest that if the Deputy can adduce evidence that the services are inadequate he should take it up directly with the health authority.