Taoiseach Enda Kenny outraged people in East Cork when he insisted in the Dáil yesterday that ambulance services in the area have been “enhanced and improved” — despite none being available for a child who fell from an upstairs window.

Senior HSE and ambulance officials have been summoned to explain, in person, to Cork County Council why no ambulance was made available to take Vakaris Martinaitis to hospital after falling from an upstairs bedroom window.