Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 September 2012
1570. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form for each county or, if not available, each region, the average response times for ambulances in life threatening, potentially life threatening, and all other situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37110/12]
View answerHIQA requires the National Ambulance Service (NAS) to collate and publish response times data on a national basis only. NAS does have this information available (June 2012) by its three operational areas which are set out below:
|
NAS Area |
ECHO First Response within 8 minutes (Target 75%) |
DELTA First Response within 8 minutes (Target 75%) |
ECHO Transporting Vehicle within 19 minutes (Target 80%) |
DELTA Transporting Vehicle within 19 minutes (Target 80%) |
|
North Leinster |
64.62% |
28.53% |
71.54% |
69.81% |
|
South |
38.64% |
32.44% |
84.09% |
82.49% |
|
West |
36.00% |
29.68% |
58.00% |
63.88% |
