Ambulance workers threaten industrial action

Siptu currently counts roughly 1,800 National Ambulance Service employees among its membership. Picture: Dan Linehan

A union representing ambulance workers has threatened industrial action over “promises not being honoured” after an HSE internal audit showed it does not know how many functioning emergency vehicles it has.

Siptu said that insufficient priority has been given to the National Ambulance Service (NAS) in recent years, and that the union is “considering all options” in terms of how it may respond.