Ambulance delay crisis ‘off the Richter scale’, claims SF TD

A TD and his mother narrowly avoided becoming victims of Ireland’s ambulance crisis after phone calls for help were met with major delays — a year after his wife’s brother died in circumstances where there had been a delay in the arrival of an ambulance.

Sinn Féin health spokesperson Caoimghín Ó Caoláin told the Dáil health committee what had happened, saying it was “no longer good enough” to stay quiet.

Speaking at the latest meeting of the cross-party group, the Cavan-Monaghan TD spoke publicly for the first time about the three incidences in which his family had tried to avail of ambulance services.