Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 November 2017
962. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the advanced mobile location scheme will be launched; if it will require a further financial contribution by senior alert scheme recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45797/17]
View answerFollowing the successful completion of a pilot scheme to evaluate its operation in Ireland, I launched Advanced Mobile Location (AML) on 19 October together with the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Deputy Michael Ring. When an emergency call is made to 112 or 999 using an Android mobile phone, a text message with the location information of the caller is sent automatically to the Emergency Call Answering Service. AML provides a far greater degree of accuracy for the caller’s location than was previously available and is expected to assist Emergency Services around the country in locating callers.
As is the case with all calls to 112/999, there is no charge to the caller, including Senior Alert Service recipients, for making a 112/999 call from a phone that is AML technology-enabled.
