Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2025-04-10
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Micheál Carrigy (FG), Longford-Westmeath

The programme for Government commits to improving urgent and emergency care, yet since February advanced paramedics, some of our most skilled emergency responders, have been barred from bringing home their marked National Ambulance Service vehicles, preventing life-saving out-of-hours responses in local communities. Between 2022 and 2024, these managers, again out of hours, responded to over 200 acute, life-threatening echo and delta calls. The decision, based on benefit-in-kind concerns, was made with no patient safety risk assessment. Will the Government urgently review this decision and engage with the Revenue to resolve this issue?

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Sitting date: 2025-04-10