Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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251. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that appropriate support is provided to enable the Swords Ambulance Station, County Dublin, to operate 24 hours per day, 365 days per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24560/13]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The National Ambulance Service (NAS) is not a static service. The Service deploys its resources 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. It has been, and still is, undergoing major transformation, including in terms of clinical skills and work practices, application of technology and modernisation of management and infrastructure. Many of these initiatives are still in train and I am confident that they will result in the improvements in the treatment available in pre-hospital care to seriously ill and injured patients.

In relation to the specific query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.