Michael McNamara (Clare, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the number and standard of ambulance vehicles and levels of medical staff available throughout County Clare is adequate to support the cardiovascular services available at Limerick Regional Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52491/12]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The National Ambulance Service is responsible for the provision of national pre-hospital emergency care. It deploys its emergency resources, including ambulances, paramedic staff and rapid response personnel, in a dynamic manner and works on an area and national, rather than a local, basis. The dynamic deployment of ambulance resources ensures that the nearest appropriate resource is mobilised to the location of any incident.

As the issue raised is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy in this matter.