Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

National Ambulance Service: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Pat Healy:

There are a number of reasons and we were just talking about them. One is the resources we have and another is the capacity. There can be capacity issues. Another is the interplay between turnaround times being poor and ambulances being tied up at the hospitals when they should be on the roads.