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:
That is a very fair summation. What the Deputy is reflecting is a growing gap. Mr. Keeley touched on this. There is a growing gap between demand and capacity. Demand is growing at a pace that is far outstripping any growth in capacity. Take the last 12 months for example. In 2022, emergency call volumes increased by 15% and actual conveyances and responses increased by almost 8% in that one year. Our workforce has only grown by 9.9% since 2019. The growth in workforce simply cannot keep pace with the growth in demand. What have we done about that? To answer the Deputy's question-----
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