James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a stock of extra, spare replacement trolleys for use by ambulances in a secure, clean storage area at all accident and emergency facilities and hospitals in order to prevent and terminate the current situation where ambulances are parking and laid up while they wait the return of their trolleys from patients lying and waiting on them for admission to or in accident and emergency departments and hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18169/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services is a matter for the Health Service Executive and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall Vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.