Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 December 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Ambulance Services: Discussion

Mr. Ted Kenny:

There is not. The situation is quite clear. Management of the National Ambulance Service operate 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. hours, Monday to Friday. No one is there after 5 p.m. until 9 a.m. the following morning between Monday and Friday. There is no one there from 5 p.m. on Friday until 9 a.m. on Monday morning. We represent the officers in the National Ambulance Service, along with our sister union, Fórsa. A business plan has been submitted to the Government and approved for an increase of approximately 136 officer positions in the National Ambulance Service over the next three years. That will necessitate 24-7 cover and that will come into being. Our officer grade members have issues around that. Those need to be addressed. However, that is a separate discussion to the discussion we are having today about delays on the road.

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