Seán Haughey (Dublin Bay North, Fianna Fail)
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197. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his immediate predecessor as Minister for Health gave an undertaking in a statement in Seanad Éireann on 10 March 2015 relating to the ambulance service in Dublin that the staff would be fully consulted before any changes were implemented; if he will honour this undertaking; if he will ensure that meaningful consultation will take place with the staff involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3291/17]

Seán Haughey (Dublin Bay North, Fianna Fail)
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198. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the joint review by the HSE and Dublin City Council of the Dublin ambulance service referred to in his replies to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 143, 144, 178, 179, 180 and 181 of 14 December 2016, was completed without consultation with the staff or trade unions involved; the reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3292/17]

Seán Haughey (Dublin Bay North, Fianna Fail)
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199. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his immediate predecessor as Minister for Health, speaking in Seanad Éireann on 10 March 2015, clarified the position for statutory responsibility for the Dublin Ambulance Service when he said that, historically, the Dublin Ambulance Service had been provided by the Dublin Fire Brigade under fire services legislation, and that statutory responsibility for the service therefore rests with Dublin City Council and consequently comes within the ambit of the Minister for the Environment and Local Government; if this is still the position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3293/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 197 to 199, inclusive, together.

Statutory responsibility for Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) rests with the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government in the first instance. DFB provide emergency ambulance services in Dublin city and county, by arrangement between Dublin City Council and the HSE.

I understand that the Review of Dublin ambulance services has been completed and is under consideration by the HSE and Dublin City Council, who commissioned the Review.

I fully accept the need for full engagement with staff on any proposed changes and in this context I have asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy detailing the level of engagement with staff to date.