Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
National Ambulance Service: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Pat Healy:
Two things there are important. What I said earlier was that we have set out the KPIs for both the hospital and NAS. They have to work collaboratively. Where they are doing that well, it is reflected in the performance times. We are working closely with the REOs on this and there has been learning. The CEO mentioned on his last visit here that we did a trial previously in respect of these dedicated staff who try to deal with the issues giving rise to delays. We did that previously, and in a number of areas. There were trials and it seemed to be something that worked well. We are looking at that now with the REOs to see how might we deploy it.