Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Holly Cairns - PQ 14118-26
Deputy Cairns asked about ambulance diversions and how many times it has been used at Bantry General Hospital in the last 10 years. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: February 2026
Updated: April 2026
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Question from Deputy Holly Cairns - PQ 14118-26
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances under which an 'ambulance diversion' may be put in place restricting the number of ambulances which can proceed to a specified hospital for a set amount of time; and to detail the number of times this procedure has been used at Bantry General Hospital in the past year, from February 2025 to February 2026, by month, in tabular form.
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