James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

I stand over my statement that on a Sunday morning in May last year, before the general election, a man who collapsed near Rush had to wait 40 minutes for an ambulance. I was told that the delay happened because four ambulances were tied up at Beaumont Hospital. If the Minister cannot answer the question I asked about Dublin Fire Brigade today, will she communicate with me in that regard at some future stage? How many ambulances will be made available to the Dublin Fire Brigade ambulance service which is creaking at the seams in the next few months? Just one additional ambulance has been provided for it in the last 20 years.

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