Decision on air ambulance service due next month

THE Government is set to make a decision on the introduction of an air ambulance service next month, following talks with a number of providers.

Kerry-based charity group Air Ambulance Ireland (AAI) submitted a formal proposal to Health Minister James Reilly last week, signalling its readiness to launch on February 1.

Dr Reilly told delegates at a joint committee meeting on health that a clear resolution on the provision of a helicopter ambulance would be made in January.