Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 July 2015
425. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Defence the number of flights undertaken by the air ambulance in 2014 and in 2015 to date; if he will outline same, by county, in tabular form; the number of occasions when it was not possible to use the facility, owing to weather concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28574/15]
View answerThe number of flights undertaken by the Emergency Aeromedical Support (EAS) service in 2014 and in 2015 to date, by county is set out in the following tabular statement.
|
2014 |
2015 |
|
|
Carlow |
4 |
2 |
|
Cavan |
6 |
10 |
|
Clare |
16 |
9 |
|
Cork |
10 |
4 |
|
Donegal |
14 |
19 |
|
Dublin |
0 |
0 |
|
Galway |
34 |
18 |
|
Kerry |
10 |
6 |
|
Kildare |
2 |
2 |
|
Kilkenny |
2 |
1 |
|
Laois |
13 |
7 |
|
Leitrim |
6 |
3 |
|
Limerick |
20 |
7 |
|
Longford |
21 |
8 |
|
Louth |
5 |
6 |
|
Mayo |
43 |
21 |
|
Meath |
2 |
6 |
|
Monaghan |
12 |
4 |
|
Offaly |
24 |
14 |
|
Roscommon |
41 |
13 |
|
Sligo |
13 |
3 |
|
Tipperary |
28 |
18 |
|
Waterford |
3 |
1 |
|
Westmeath |
19 |
4 |
|
Wexford |
0 |
1 |
|
Wicklow |
5 |
7 |
|
Totals |
353 |
194 |
In 2014 there were 85 occasions when it was not possible to undertake an EAS mission due to weather. There were 58 such occasions to date in 2015.
