Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 February 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Ambulance Services, Recruitment and Retention of Personnel, and Response Times: Discussion
Mr. Robert Morton:
I will ask my colleague, Mr. Merriman, to provide specifics. In general terms, we conducted a demand and capacity analysis. We commissioned it in July 2021 and it reported in May 2022. It highlighted a number of key areas of deficit. To the best of my recollection, the area of greatest deficit was County Sligo and the area east of Enniscrone was the most difficult in which to mount an effective response. There are a number of other areas across the country that feature on our radar every seven days. We do a formal review every seven days. Mr. Merriman leads a process every Monday morning to look at the seven-day forecast going forward. I ask him to speak about the areas he believes provide the most challenge to us every week.
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