Siptu members in ambulance service to ballot for strike action

Ambulance staff are to be balloted for strike action. Picture: Larry Cummins

Siptu members in the National Ambulance Service (NAS) have begun a ballot for strike action in a dispute regarding the "failure of the HSE to fully implement a series of reforms which would benefit this vital public service."

Earlier this year, the situation was described as at a "breaking point" — with an estimated 2,000 more staff needed to meet demand.