Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the strength of the ambulance service in County Clare as of 31 October 2008; if the National Spatial Analysis Study has been completed; if so, the implications of its proposals for County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41686/08]

Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 27 June 2007, her plans for a 24 hour ambulance service for Scarrif in east Clare; when she expects the ambulance station to operate on a 24/7 basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41687/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 134 and 135 together.

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, including ambulance services, has been provided as part of its overall Vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular issues raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.