Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In a previous reply to a parliamentary question on current national targets for ambulance response times, the Minister indicated that the targets were being abandoned and replaced with new criteria. Could we have an update on what is happening in that regard and the process being used? Does the Minister accept that with the loss of critical services at some of our smaller hospital sites, it was advised to dependent communities that services lost would be compensated by greatly improved state-of-the-art paramedic services? The reality is far from that, however, and there are many gaps in the service. Will the Minister comment on that?

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