Ms Laverne McGuinness:

We set out in the national service plan, the first port of call, the level of additional funding to improve the service and response times which will take account of the immediate concerns. It does not take account of the extra 290 staff for the seven minute and 59 seconds response time but will certainly deliver the staff for Mulranny and Tuam, complete the control programme, start the clinical audit and examine the overall elimination of the on-call service in the west. It will not only improve the service but make available more ambulances for deployment across the west. We looked for more money and we are grateful to have received the additional €5.4 million.