Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 10 October 2019
243. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of emergency medical missions not related to incidents at sea that have been carried out by each Irish Coast Guard helicopter unit in the past three years. [41494/19]
Amharc ar fhreagraCoast Guard helicopter emergency medical support missions are provided on a request basis to the HSE/National Ambulance Service. These services coordinated by the Coast Guard are flown under Commercial Aviation Transport rules and include inter hospital transfers. Coast Guard helicopters also provides day and night emergency aeromedical services to the island communities.
The following table sets out details, as requested.
|
Total HSE support flights |
Dublin |
Shannon |
Sligo |
Waterford |
|
|
2017 |
152 |
7 |
53 |
77 |
15 |
|
2018 |
118 |
8 |
32 |
68 |
10 |
|
2019 to date |
89 |
11 |
20 |
51 |
7 |
In addition, the Coast Guard helicopter service also provides Aeromedical Support to the islands. Table below sets out the yearly breakdown of these missions.
|
Year |
Island Aeromedical Support |
|
2017 |
72 |
|
2018 |
101 |
|
2019 to date |
79 |
