Dáil debates

Wednesday, 26 April 2006

11:00 am

Jerry Cowley (Mayo, Independent)

I, too, express my good feeling as regards what happened at Killarney where the DUP attended. The next step, I hope, will be its involvement in the whole process so we may achieve what is hoped for. Because of the Good Friday Agreement many good things have happened. One good outcome was that a North-South body looked at the feasibility of a helicopter emergency medical service. The two parts of this island are the only areas in Europe which do not have such a service — in particular, a centralised hospital transport service. I ask the Taoiseach to examine the feasibility of such an initiative. If a service such as this could be shared between North and South, it would instil confidence into our ability to work together and to have a much better country for all our people, particularly as regards health needs. The report on helicopter emergency services was published in 2004 and we are still waiting for action.

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