Question from Deputy Pádraig Rice - PQ 73114-25
Deputy Rice asked why the National Ambulance Service not are offering overtime to Intermediate Care Service (ICS) staff. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: December 2025
Updated: January 2026
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 338 of 26 November 2025, the reason all areas within the National Ambulance Service are not offering overtime to a staff group to achieve minimal numbers (Why are not all areas within NAS offering overtime to Intermediate Care Service (ICS) staff to achieve minimal numbers? For example, if 3 staff are on shift why isn't overtime being offered out to allow for 2 full crews?); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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