Ms Laverne McGuinness:

The single national control centre is not in place nationally at this time. That is why it is important to put that investment into place. We do have a single control centre in place at Townsend Street in Dublin. However, this operates for Cork, Kerry, the greater Dublin area, Navan and Tralee. The area Deputy Calleary referred to would not have that visibility on a national scale. We will have the single centre in place which will be over two sites in Tallaght and Ballyshannon.

It is important to remember that the only response times that are targeted as set down by HIQA and measured apply to ECHO and DELTA calls.