Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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Our guests are very welcome. I wish to start with the ambulance service and I thank our guests for the briefing document in that regard. In the document, there is reference to €9.1 million for Dublin Fire Brigade. That represented 15.75% of the breakdown of non-staff costs. Is there a contract in place? Is there a service level agreement in place for the role that Dublin Fire Brigade plays? Are there any penalty clauses if, for example, the service is deemed to be unsatisfactory? It looks as if that equates to almost 16% of the national funding for the ambulance service. Is that correct? From whose budget comes the cost of the replacement fleet? Is it Dublin City Council? Perhaps our guests would start by answering those questions.