Mr. Dennis Keeley:

In the Dublin area, the average time is 36 minutes now, which is an improvement. It is a problem. When ambulances are sitting at accident and emergency departments with patients, they are obviously not available to respond. Much work has been done. Mr. Morton mentioned earlier - the Deputy may not have been here - that staff have been allocated whose specific task is to liaise with hospitals at the back door, as Mr. Morton put it, to try to improve the turnaround times. That work has been successful. Dublin Fire Brigade has an avenue to make contact when our queuing times are escalating.