Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 February 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Ambulance Response Times: Discussion

5:00 pm

Mr. Paul P. Bell:

The capacity review is absolutely paramount.

Deputy Billy Kelleher referred to accident and emergency departments. Ambulances can be caught at these departments for between three and 16 hours. That is a fact.