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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Times are approximate.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. Michael Dixon and Mr. Tony Gregg for their attendance and for making their presentation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: We will begin session two. I remind those in the Public Gallery, witnesses and members of the committee that all mobile telephones should be switched off. I apologise for starting late, but the committee had to deal with some private business. The time allowed for this session is 45 minutes. I welcome Mr. Paul Bell, Mr. Sean Nolan, Mr. Brendan O'Brien and Mr. Gerry Harris, all from...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Can you finish your presentation now, Mr. Bell? Please bring it to a conclusion.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: We are 11 minutes into the presentation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Thank you very much, Mr. Bell. I call Deputy Billy Kelleher.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Before I call Deputy Seamus Healy, I remind members that there will be a division on the Order of Business in the Dáil. Four members of the joint committee wish to speak, as well as Deputies Seamus Healy and Clare Daly and two non-committee members, making a total of eight speakers. This session is due to end at 5.20 p.m. and I want to be fair to everybody.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: Is it agreed to take the questions from seven members together as there will be a vote in the Dáil on the Order of Business? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: There are up 15 to 20 minutes available for replies on this matter. If Mr. Bell wishes to involve some of his colleagues in the discussion, he should, please, do so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: This session is due to conclude at 5.35 p.m.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I apologise for interrupting, but a vote is taking place in the Dáil. I suggest we suspend proceedings to allow members to attend. Is that agreed? Agreed. We will suspend proceedings at 5.20 p.m.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I apologise for interrupting, but where are they caught for three to 16 hours?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: As a vote has been called in the Dáil, I propose the suspension of the sitting. We will resume at the conclusion of the vote. I apologise to our guests for the interruption of business.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: We will resume in public session. Mr. Bell is in possession and has 12 minutes remaining.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: We will suspend until the beginning of our third session. On behalf of the committee I thank all of our witnesses for participating. I thank the representatives for their professionalism and commitment. On a personal level, I had an incident in the family before Christmas and the response was phenomenal.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank everyone for their patience. I remind people that mobile phones should be switched off or put in aeroplane mode. This the third and final session in today's meeting on ambulance response times. I welcome, from the HSE, Ms Laverne McGuinness, chief operations officer and deputy director general, Mr. Martin Dunne, director of the National Ambulance Service, and Dr. Cathal O'Donnell,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Ms McGuinness. I thank Deputy Calleary for allowing Deputy Ó Caoláin to go first as he is to speak in the Dáil.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I now have four members of the committee and two non-committee members offering, so I will take them all together. I will start with Deputies Fitzpatrick and Dowds, and Senators Colm Burke and Crown in that order.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: We have some non-committee members in attendance. They are Deputies Denis Naughten, Gerald Nash and Charlie McConalogue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Ambulance Response Times: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)
Jerry Buttimer: I have an e-mail from someone stating that in a recent call-out to an accident in Cork, two ambulances were dispatched but one was sent in the wrong direction. How reliable is the system used?