Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 6 October 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed)

9:30 am

Photo of Cormac DevlinCormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That works really well across the rest of Dublin, but there is an anomaly in the catchment area of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown where there is no additional cover. If a person suffers a stroke or is involved in a car accident or, God forbid, some other sort of incident anywhere else apart from the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area, they have dual cover under the NAS and the Dublin Fire Brigade. Both resources can be called on at any given time. I understand this has been rumbling for a number of years but where does the HSE stand on resolving this? There is not the same equitable service in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area as there is elsewhere in the Dublin region. It is an anomaly that has been ongoing for a long time. Does the HSE have an update on this?

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