Thomas Gould (Cork North-Central, Sinn Fein)
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458. To ask the Minister for Health if the amount of the €16 million Budget 2025 allocation for the National Ambulance Service that was to be used to train advanced paramedics; and the number of advanced paramedics this will train. [10540/25]

Thomas Gould (Cork North-Central, Sinn Fein)
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459. To ask the Minister for Health whether he is aware of comments made by the National Ambulance Service indicating it does not intend to reopen training for advanced paramedics. [10541/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 458 and 459 together.

As these are day to day operational and service matters for the National Ambulance Service (NAS) I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to reply to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.