Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There are a lot of questions there so I am going to ask for a written response to the Deputy. On the first issue the Deputy raised regarding the 80-year-old lady waiting an hour and 20 minutes, that is not good enough. Nobody could say that it was good enough because it certainly is not. I can only imagine the trauma which that poor person experienced, especially when she had broken bones.

There is more investment into ambulance services. The Deputy might be familiar with the new service we are running across the country as well, the pathfinder service, where instead of someone having to attend the emergency department, the ambulance will go directly to the home and try to support the person there. We will come back to the Deputy in writing.

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