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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 March 2019

Tuesday, 12 March 2019

Ceisteanna (416)

Joan Collins

Ceist:

416. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health the level to which staffing levels in the National Ambulance Service need to fall to before it is considered a national emergency; and the point at which the Army could be called to assist the service [12101/19]

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Over recent years significant investment has been made in the National Ambulance Service (NAS) both to build capacity and to reconfigure the management and delivery of pre-hospital emergency care services. The objective is to develop a clinically driven nationally co-ordinated system, supported by improved technology.

In relation to the specific operational issue raised I have asked the HSE to reply to you directly.

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