Ambulance Service
Dail Éireann — 2026-01-22
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Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (FG), Dún Laoghaire

I would be very pleased to speak with the Deputy about that in more detail. I think there is still a vacancy, based on the information I have, and I am glad the second vacancy has been filled. I would be very happy to discuss this with the Deputy more directly, but I am advised RRVs across the country are routinely crewed by paramedics or advanced paramedics and that is in accordance with the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council emergency dispatch crewing standards. Obviously, we want them to be advanced paramedics and that is why we have the additional course and why we are trying to recruit at that level. At the moment, it is consistent with the dispatch standards from the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council.

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Sitting date: 2026-01-22