Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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234. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of an air ambulance base (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58048/25]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The status of the Emergency Aeromedical Support (EAS) service based at Custume Barracks, Athlone is that it is fully operational. The Air Corps operates the EAS service based on the 2015 Government decision, which established the EAS service on a permanent basis and provided that it would operate as a daily, daytime only service based out of Custume Barracks, Athlone.

Since the commencement of this service in June 2012, the Air Corps has completed over 4554 missions with 269 missions completed from January 1 2025 to the end of September 2025. There are no plans to relocate this service.