Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 January 2022
1781. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if further consideration has been given to providing a national register of defibrillators throughout Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1819/22]
View answerAn objective of the Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OCHA) Strategy in 2022 will be to implement the OCHA Automated External Defibrillators (AED) Registry. This will enable the National Ambulance Service (NAS) National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) to locate publicly accessible Automated External Defibrillators, when receiving a 999/112 Call.
The HSE has advised my Department that preliminary development has started on the ICT systems which could support an AED Registry within the NAS NEOC.
Work on the development of a website is underway and will be launched with a media campaign to inform the public on their role as "caretakers" of AEDs and how to register their AED into the registry, enabling them to be downloaded to the 999/112 system.
