James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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1328. To ask the Minister for Health further to the programme for Government commitment, if she will ensure the full implementation of the recommendations of the HSE/Dublin City Council Joint Ambulance Service Delivery, Task and Finish Group in an expeditious manner that restores funding to Dublin City Council and ensures continuity of service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3474/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, there exists a longstanding and cooperative relationship between Dublin City Council (DCC), Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) and the HSE National Ambulance Service (NAS) on the day-to-day delivery of ambulance services in Dublin.

A Task and Finish Group was established in 2022 by the then Minister for Health and Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, which made recommendations in 2023 to further enhance collaboration between the NAS and the DFB to improve service delivery and patient safety. The Group's recommendations were brought to Government in 2024.

Included in the recommendations of the Task and Finish Group was the establishment of a Joint DFB & NAS Emergency Ambulance Collaboration Group to facilitate further engagement between the services on a range of operational and clinical matters. This Group met for the first time in August 2024 and their work is ongoing, with a number of productive meetings held to date.

I welcome the work carried out by the Task and Finish Group, and the levels of ongoing engagement between the two ambulance services on improving ambulance service delivery in Dublin.