Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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405. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the National Ambulance Service has embarked on a process of converting ambulances with excessive mileage that have been withdrawn from front-line service to emergency equipment carriers; the cost involved for the conversion; his views on whether it would be more appropriate to purchase more modern vehicles which would have a longer lifespan rather than vehicles that are already decommissioned and are unsuitable for further use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9599/19]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service issue, I have asked the HSE to reply to you directly.

Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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406. To ask the Minister for Health the purpose for which the emergency equipment carriers are to be used in the National Ambulance Service; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no other European country converts ambulances to equipment carriers which have been retired from active front-line services; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that specialised vehicles are purchased for this task in all other European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9600/19]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service issue, I have asked the HSE to reply to you directly.