Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 July 2026
737. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 2332 and 2333 of 9 June 2026, whether she is satisfied that the National Ambulance Service maintains no national dataset recording the elapsed time between receipt of a 999 call and allocation of an ambulance resource; whether she has requested that such a dataset be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50977/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra738. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2334 of 9 June 2026, whether she will now commission a national analysis examining the relationship between ambulance allocation or dispatch delays and mortality, morbidity, clinical deterioration or other patient outcomes; and if not, the basis on which she is satisfied that no such analysis is required. [50978/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 737 and 738 together.
Further to previous answers to the Deputy, National Ambulance Service (NAS) performance against key performance indicator (KPI) targets in the Health Service Executive's (HSE) National Service Plan (NSP) is reported on a monthly basis in line with the HSE's Performance Management Framework. I am satisfied that the HSE's Framework is designed to ensure that delivery of all HSE healthcare services, including those provided by the NAS, are of the highest quality.
As previously outlined to the Deputy, NAS KPI targets relating to emergency resource dispatch and response, as published in the NSP and based on the Health Information Quality Authority (HIQA) standard, fully align to the Priority Dispatch Standard as published by the regulator for the profession, the Prehospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC).
