Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Pearse Doherty - PQ 17525-26
Deputy Doherty asked about plans to address the fact that ambulances are regularly queued outside hospitals waiting to hand over patients to ED staff.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: March 2026
Updated: April 2026
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Question from Deputy Pearse Doherty - PQ 17525-26
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to address the fact that ambulances are regularly queued outside hospitals waiting to hand over patients to ED staff, and that national response targets have not been met since October 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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