Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2021-10-20
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

When I was Minister for Health I established the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council, PHECC, which brought in the professionalisation of first responders and emergency medical technicians. That transformed the whole area. I will engage with the National Ambulance Service in respect of the issues that Deputy Collins just raised but we cannot say we need a service for west Cork or east Kerry or wherever else. We have a national framework that governs first responder provision, ambulance provision and so on and that has been the case for quite some time. However, the Deputy has referred to a number of cases and I will ask for a detailed report in respect of the issues raised.

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Sitting date: 2021-10-20