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

He wishes to record, in the strongest possible terms, his complaint about the non-availability of an ambulance for two-and-a-half hours on that night. He also wishes to record that there were two ambulances parked at the Monaghan ambulance station base - which is located less than three miles from his home - during the period in question. Those are the consequences of the situation that I highlighted prior to Christmas. That is a factual case on which I can share the details with the Minister. I ask the Minister, in these closing hours of the current Dáil, to highlight this situation to the National Ambulance Office. What happened is absolutely unacceptable. I ask that the Minister do as I have requested and that he and his colleague, in whatever elected roles they hold after the upcoming general election, use their voices to lobby the next Government - regardless of its configuration - for change. Communities depend on the ambulance service and there is an inadequate level of cover at present.

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