Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Can I just read to Mr. Dunne something I received? It states that the computer system that supposedly selects the nearest resource determines this by line of sight across a map. Apparently, in a recent call, the computer calculated that an ambulance at St. Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital, based at Barrack Street, was nearer to a particular incident than an equally qualified ambulance crew at the Kinsale Road base. It determined the distance as almost 1.5 km closer whereas it is almost 3.75 km further, with many more traffic lights and speed bumps. I know Mr. Dunne cannot comment on specific cases.