# Response times

All time

Parents of toddler who was unresponsive for an hour given 'mixed messages' about ambulance location

“Another 2 minutes and we would have been dealing with a very different outcome,” the parents were told at the Cavan hospital.

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Aug 24th 2018, 12:15 AM

# automatic gps

Isolated in an emergency? This new service will help first responders find you faster

Minister Denis Naughten said the service would be a great help in rural Ireland.

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Oct 19th 2017, 2:33 PM

# Navan

Elderly patient in Meath forced to wait 35 minutes for ambulance from Cavan after collapse

The 75-year-old collapsed in Navan on Friday afternoon.

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May 30th 2016, 5:58 PM

# Dundalk

'He died in my kitchen': Man bled to death waiting for ambulance

It took almost 40 minutes for the ambulance to reach the 25 year old.

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Nov 5th 2015, 12:50 PM

# utterly unacceptable

Ambulance took almost an hour to reach Kerry man injured in 'freak' GAA accident

Another ambulance, manned by just one person, responded first – but was unable to bring the man for the medical attention he needed.

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Apr 8th 2015, 7:45 PM

# Emergency

HSE says achieving ambulance response times in rural areas is 'always a difficult task'

Denis Naughten TD has reacted to a HSE report that finds Ireland is too rural for the service to meet its targets.

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Jan 13th 2015, 12:05 PM

# Response times

'Scandalous': One TD does not want gardaí at water meter protests

Joe Higgins said that their presence at peaceful protests could lead to slower response times to other crimes.

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Jun 24th 2014, 3:34 PM

# Emergency

Firefighter: Dublin's the second best place to have a heart attack - no thanks to the HSE

HSE plans to take back control of the service emerged last month but firefighers are concerned about a drop in the level of service if they hand over the reins.

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Apr 7th 2014, 2:01 PM

# Response times

Ambulance service responds to damning Prime Time investigation

The NAS noted that the controversial OVR units were used over 600 times so far this year.

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Mar 28th 2014, 5:54 PM

# Emergency

Firefighters and emergency workers 'extremely concerned' about Ireland's ambulance service

RTÉ’s Prime Time programme documented a litany of failures of shortcomings in the National Ambulance Service.

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Mar 28th 2014, 2:28 PM

# Patients

Ambulance cover 'needs to treble' to boost response times

Deputy Denis Naughten said that the Republic of Ireland has a third of the amount of ambulances that Northern Ireland has.

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Mar 15th 2014, 12:47 PM

# Response times

Review of ambulance call after 40 minute wait for cardiac arrest patient

The ambulance initially dispatched to the scene in Dublin was diverted en route to a crash on the N11.

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Mar 7th 2014, 10:55 PM

# Emergency

'We are dealing with people's lives here': Paramedics speak out about tragic deaths

The family of a man who died after a 25 minute wait for an ambulance were in the public gallery to hear contributions.

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Feb 25th 2014, 4:55 PM

# NASRA

Targets for ambulance response times 'impossible' to meet

Cutbacks in the number of personnel and vehicles have caused ‘serious delays’, according to the The National Ambulance Service Representative Association

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Jan 8th 2014, 8:00 AM

# Healthcare

Almost 1-in-4 responses to 'life-threatening' 999 calls not meeting HIQA targets

In 65 per cent of cases, ambulances aren’t arriving at the scene within the 19 minute response time set-out by the health watchdog.

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Jul 16th 2013, 7:30 AM

# Ambulance

National targets for ambulance response times to be abandoned

James Reilly is to come up with alternative ways of measuring the performance of the National Ambulance Service.

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Feb 15th 2013, 8:20 PM