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:
Regarding the first question, the straight answer is that it is a capacity issue in Dublin. Dublin just does not have enough ambulances. It is not just about ambulances; it is a multiplicity and diversity of responses. The simple fact is it just does not have enough. I could compare Dublin to similar cities, for example, Adelaide, where I worked for quite a period. It has a similar population and a similar geographical spread, etc. There are more than double the emergency resources in Adelaide than in Dublin, even though there is the same population and the same-----
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