Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 April 2023
514. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will set out the plans that the National Ambulance Service and hospitals have in the context of catastrophic incidents at lithium ion battery energy storage system failures. [18995/23]
View answerAs the Deputy may be aware, under the Fire Services Acts of 1981 and 2003 the country's Fire Services are the primary state response service to any chemical or hazardous spill, including any accompanying or subsequent explosion and/or fire event.
I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly with any further pertinent information it may have on any related plans or protocols that it may have in place in respect of our acute hospitals and ambulance services.
