Catherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy has raised a number of specific questions to which I do not have a response. I will, therefore, have to go back to the Minister and ask him to respond to the Deputy on a personal basis. I understand the Deputy's frustration and the concerns he raised. He has outlined the difficulties that arise when people who have suffered an injury are not transported by ambulance immediately and often have to wait for up to two and half hours or even longer for an ambulance. I will raise those with the Minister and, if the Deputy wishes, I will also ask the Minister if he will consider meeting him and visiting the area to enable him to fully recognise and understand the problems that have occurred in the past as the Deputy outlined. I have taken a note of all of his questions and I will ask the Minister to respond to him on a personal basis.

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