Eugene Murphy (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I accept that. I learned from being in the Chair that Deputy Alan Kelly is good at this.

I wish to make another point to the Minister. A great deal of money is wasted when a number of ambulances attend accidents on the roads where one ambulance would suffice. I know what happens. An accident occurs and all of the ambulances are sent in the same direction, whether a garda, doctor or nurse arrives at the scene. Twice recently I was the first person to arrive at the scene of an accident. One person was injured and thankfully nobody was killed. One ambulance and one fire service vehicle would have been sufficient. A great deal of time is wasted and many ambulances are taken out of service for a period of time when that happens. My suggestion is that a person in authority could ring the centre to let it know that only one ambulance is needed.

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