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

I know this is not the Minister of State's area, which does make it very difficult. She is delivering a written reply, but nowhere in that reply is there any commitment to carry out the type of review we believe is required following the reconfiguration of the ambulance service. It is important that such a review be undertaken to establish an accurate account of the incident in question. The Minister of State indicated that the HSE had asked the national ambulance service to examine the details of what occurred. Has she any idea how quickly that report will be presented? These are important matters to inform us and the many others who will be interested in this exchange. When will the national ambulance service report, through the HSE, to the Minister and to the House? Will the Minister of State tell her colleague, the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, that it has been strongly urged that a review into the configuration of the ambulance service, including emergency ambulance services across the State, be undertaken? This is to establish the adequacy of the service in terms of current and projected needs.

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