Seán Haughey (Dublin Bay North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I mentioned that the chief executive of Dublin City Council, Owen Keegan, wants to see a transfer of all call taking and dispatching for ambulances to the national central control centre in Tallaght. The Dublin Fire Brigade call centre is in Townsend Street. Technology and IT solutions are available to co-ordinate the ambulance service between Tallaght and Townsend Street. The national ambulance service has centres in Tallaght and Ballyshannon in County Donegal, so this is possible. Unions and staff must be consulted on any proposed changes. So far, everything that has been done in that regard has been done unilaterally. That is no way to do business. The unions and the staff must be consulted. Councillors in the local authorities have passed motions along the lines of what we are suggesting here this evening. As I mentioned, the pre-hospital emergency care services Dublin report was published in 2015. That is the roadmap with which to proceed, and I hope the Minister of State and her colleagues will take it on board.

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