Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 November 2009
227 Deputy Jan O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has targets for ambulance response times; the details of same; if they are monitored; and if so, the person by whom they are monitored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40474/09]
View answer229 Deputy Jan O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive considered tiering the ambulance service to ensure greater value for money in view of the fact that it is the case that emergency personnel are involved in non-emergency patient transfers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40476/09]
View answer231 Deputy Jan O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has a contract in place with approved ambulance operators for the transport of public patients; if inspections of these operators have taken place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40478/09]
View answer237 Deputy Jan O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive will support the regulation of the private ambulance sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40489/09]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 227, 229, 231 and 237 together.
The HSE's National Service Plan 2009 contains targets in relation to the percentage of emergency calls responded to within predetermined time bands. Performance against these targets is reported in the Executive's monthly Performance Report and the relevant data is as follows:
|
Target 2009 |
Year to date as of August 2009 |
|
|
% |
% |
|
|
< 8 minutes |
32 |
29.6 |
|
< 14 minutes |
62 |
60.2 |
|
< 19 minutes |
76 |
72.9 |
|
< 26 minutes |
86 |
83.5 |
Private ambulance services must comply with the requirements of the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council in relation to the training and qualifications of ambulance personnel.
As the other information requested by the Deputy relates to HSE service matters, the relevant issues have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
