Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

National Ambulance Service: Discussion

2:00 am

Manus Boyle (Fine Gael)
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I heard from the people in Letterkenny that it worked well. It should be there on a daily basis. At the end of the day, if we can keep the ambulances on the road going to calls, it will reduce people's stress. If we can get them turned around in Letterkenny within an hour and get the blue lights to where they need to go, it will save lives. It is something we really need to enforce in the Estimates. I said it to the Minister that it should be a given for hospitals like Letterkenny where ambulances have so far to travel.