Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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251. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances surrounding the incident in the Drogheda area on 18 February 2014 when it took an ambulance 40 minutes to arrive to the scene of an emergency at St Joseph's NS, Meel, which is located approximately four minutes away from the regional hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10098/14]

Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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253. To ask the Minister for Health the locations at which the ambulances were stationed covering the Drogheda area at the time the incident at St Joseph's NS, Meel occurred on 18 February; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10100/14]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 251 and 253 together.

As these are service matters, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy.