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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: Is there no timeframe on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I wish to move on to another aspect of intermediate care. This is one of the most concerning issues that was brought to my attention in the run-up to this meeting. I was told that the intermediate care vehicles were being sent to road traffic collisions, often lacking essential equipment, such as vacuum mattresses. As a result of that, where there is not a vacuum mattress to transfer a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: Do those vehicles carry vacuum mattresses?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: How many?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: What percentage of the fleet are new vehicles?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: Is it in Mr. Morton's opinion good enough at the moment that they are not being carried? In my mine, it is not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: To move on to another issue that was raised with me, I will outline what a member of staff said to me in relation to defibrillators, specifically the ZOLL AED defibrillators. I have looked, and I can see that there was a Health Products Regulatory Authority safety notice issued in respect of the G5 in July 2024. On the National Ambulance Service’s website, there is a troubleshooting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: Define "small".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: They are wall mounted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: Just to be clear, while there was an issue, Professor O'Donnell is confident and can give the health committee a commitment today that the issue has been rectified and no longer exists.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: I have one final question. Have the KPIs, which have been provided in the briefing document and Mr. Healy’s opening statement, been independently verified, specifically with regard to response times?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: Does NAS produce them? Who produces them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: Have they been looked at by an external third party to be independently verified?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Ambulance Service: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: There is no external involvement in reviewing those figures.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Private Security Authority (8 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time a person with a conviction could be expected to be excluded from the PSA register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54018/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Contracts (7 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the Government continues to purchase military equipment from Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52925/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of females who are currently in cadetship training in each of the three branches of the Permanent Defence Forces. [53357/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Official Engagements (7 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the bilateral meetings he has had with his EU counterparts to date in 2025, in tabular form. [53358/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Schemes (7 Oct 2025)

Sorca Clarke: 143. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of OPW heritage cards purchased in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [53364/25]