Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I assure the Deputy that I will certainly bring his pleas to the relevant parties on the consultation. Clearly, the people who are going to be most impacted by it need to be brought in as part of the consultation process. I do not think a top-down approach ever works, to be honest. I will most certainly bring that back to the Minister, Deputy Harris.

With regard to the considerations of the conclusions of the National Ambulance Service review, it is not yet possible to finalise the Dublin review until they are considered. Once the HSE and Dublin City Council have completed their consideration of the Dublin review, an action plan will be prepared to implement the recommendations of the three reviews of the ambulance service. The Deputy's key point on consultation is very well made and I will certainly convey that to the relevant parties.

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