Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am very sorry to hear about that gentleman's experience and I hope he makes a good and full recovery. We are continuously investing in and expanding our ambulance service. The Deputy mentioned that the man was airlifted to a hospital. Twelve years ago, there was no helicopter ambulance service whatsoever. Now, we have two, and we are continuing to invest in first responders, ambulances, ambulance stations and helicopters. I know we have more to do in terms of investment, and that is planned. There will also be occasions when multiple calls happen at the one time, however. Even the best ambulance service in the world - which we do not have, by the way - will struggle when it has several emergency calls happening at the same time.

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