Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 January 2014
778. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances currently in service; if he will provide in tabular form, a breakdown of the total number according to the year they entered service; if he will further distinguish in that table between pods and vehicles in terms of the date they entered service and the Health Service Executive region in which they are based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4326/14]
View answer779. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of intermediate care ambulances currently in service; if he will provide in tabular form, a breakdown of the total number according to the year they entered service; if he will further distinguish in that table between pods and vehicles in terms of the date they entered service and the Health Service Executive region in which they are based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4327/14]
View answer780. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, indicating the Health Service Executive region and subdivided by every 50,000 miles-80,000 km, the distances that have been travelled by emergency ambulances currently in service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4328/14]
View answer781. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, indicating the Health Service Executive region and subdivided by every 50,000 miles-80,000 km, the distances that have been travelled by intermediate care ambulances currently in service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4329/14]
View answer782. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of rapid response vehicles currently in use in the national ambulance service; if he will provide in tabular form, a breakdown of the total number according to the year they entered service and the Health Service Executive region in which they are based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4330/14]
View answer783. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, indicating the Health Service Executive region and subdivided by every 50,000 miles-80,000 km, the distances that have been travelled by rapid response vehicles currently in service in such a capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4331/14]
View answer784. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if any vehicles commissioned as rapid response vehicles by the national ambulance service are not currently in use as such; if so, the number that are in use for alternative purposes; the nature of such usage; if any such usage would qualify as a benefit-in-kind; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4332/14]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 778 to 784, inclusive, together.
In relation to the detailed information requested by the Deputy, as these are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly.
