Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
National Ambulance Service: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Pat Healy:
Absolutely. I have covered at some length in the briefing and the opening statement our absolute commitment to the issue of dignity in work. I have tried to cover that and the director has already talked about it and I will ask him to comment again on some of that, including the values in action programme we rolled out. We are also rolling out a health and safety programme. We are providing a significant focus, and it will continue to be a significant focus for now and into the future.
Specifically, the organisation as a whole is going through a very significant reorganisation programme. At a national level we have agreed a new framework for organisational and cultural reform. The CEO has established a dedicated office for this. The six regions and ourselves in national services, including NAS, will be engaged in that in a very significant way over the coming period. It was adopted in July. All of us in the six regions, the national services and NAS have committed to rolling out that model. It is a very significant model and it is a really important contribution that the CEO and the board want us to focus on. We are committed to it ourselves. I have tried to say that very clearly in the opening statement and I just want to reiterate it again here today.