Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein)
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190. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the State has paid to private ambulance contractors in each of the past five years; the number of contracts and companies; the names of the companies, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3932/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein)
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191. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will examine the situation by which emergency medical technicians with several years’ experience and an outstanding work record could access the HSE or Dublin Fire Brigade paramedic training scheme and when they are in to be able to use this in-the-field expertise and experience in lieu of some course time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3934/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy may be aware, any queries in regard to the day to day operation of the Dublin Fire Brigade, including staff training, are a matter in the first instance for my colleague the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

In relation to access by Emergency Medical Technicians, employed by the National Ambulance Service (NAS) to paramedic education and training, as this is an operational matter for the NAS I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.