Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Bell and the other delegates for attending the meeting and I commend the vital work in the national interest of the ambulance service staff. There is no point in going over the same ground covered by previous speakers. To what extent are ambulances held up at hospitals because they cannot get access to a bed for the patient? This has been a serious problem and I ask to what extent it continues to be a serious problem. I refer to the Hallowe'en period and I ask if the work of the ambulance service is disrupted by anti-social behaviour.