James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

To respond to Deputy Cowen, who clearly does not want to listen, I believe people will listen. As I stated, nobody denies that the ambulance service needs to improve and that reviews are required to inform such improvement. I look forward to the Health Information and Quality Authority report. All Deputies will acknowledge that HIQA is an independent regulator and has always acted independently. I have no reason to believe it will act differently in this instance.

To respond to Deputy Daly's comments on the ambulance service provided by Dublin Fire Brigade, I ask her and others not to prejudge the outcome of the review. Let us await the report and have the debate at that point.

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