Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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482. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that ambulances cannot transfer medically complex children to hospitals for appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45452/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The National Ambulance Service (NAS) provides a Critical Care Retrieval Service (CCRS) between hospitals for children aged between 4 weeks and 16 years through the Irish Paediatric Acute Transport Service, as well as for infants aged under 6 weeks through its National Neonatal Transport Programme.

As the Deputy may be asking about the transportation of individuals to pre-arranged out-patient hospital appointments to and from the patient's residence, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to her directly with any pertinent information it may have.