Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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778. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances currently in service; if he will provide in tabular form, a breakdown of the total number according to the year they entered service; and if he will further distinguish in that table between pods and vehicles in terms of the date they entered service and the Health Service Executive region in which they are based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4326/14]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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779. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intermediate care ambulances currently in service; if he will provide in tabular form, a breakdown of the total number according to the year they entered service; and if he will further distinguish in that table between pods and vehicles in terms of the date they entered service and the Health Service Executive region in which they are based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4327/14]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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780. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, indicating the Health Service Executive region and subdivided by every 50,000 miles-80,000 km, the distances that have been travelled by emergency ambulances currently in service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4328/14]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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781. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, indicating the Health Service Executive region and subdivided by every 50,000 miles-80,000 km, the distances that have been travelled by intermediate care ambulances currently in service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4329/14]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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782. To ask the Minister for Health the number of rapid response vehicles currently in use in the national ambulance service; if he will provide in tabular form, a breakdown of the total number according to the year they entered service and the Health Service Executive region in which they are based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4330/14]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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783. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, indicating the Health Service Executive region and subdivided by every 50,000 miles-80,000 km, the distances that have been travelled by rapid response vehicles currently in service in such a capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4331/14]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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784. To ask the Minister for Health if any vehicles commissioned as rapid response vehicles by the national ambulance service are not currently in use as such; if so, the number that are in use for alternative purposes; the nature of such usage; if any such usage would qualify as a benefit-in-kind; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4332/14]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 778 to 784, inclusive, together.

In relation to the detailed information requested by the Deputy, as these are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly.

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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785. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vehicles that have been commissioned-purchased as rapid response vehicles by the national ambulance service in 2012 and 2013; the number that are currently in use; the number that are awaiting entry into service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4333/14]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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786. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency ambulances that were decommissioned by the Health Service Executive national ambulance service in 2012 and 2013; the number of new emergency ambulances that were acquired in the same years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4334/14]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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787. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intermediate care ambulances that were decommissioned by the Health Service Executive national ambulance service in 2012 and 2013; the number of new intermediate care ambulances that were acquired in the same years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4335/14]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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788. To ask the Minister for Health the number of rapid response vehicles that were decommissioned by the Health Service Executive national ambulance service in 2012 and 2013; the number of new rapid response vehicles that were acquired in the same years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4336/14]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 785 to 788, inclusive, together.

Management of the ambulance fleet is a service matter. Therefore your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.