Ambulance staff back industrial action over pay and workloads

The dispute involves Siptu members working as emergency medical technicians (EMT), paramedics, advanced and specialist paramedics, and supervisors. Stock image

Around 2,000 Siptu members in the National Ambulance Service have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action, up to and including strike action, amid a dispute over pay and workload pressures.

The union has accused the HSE of failing to act on the recommendations of an independent report calling for salary scales to be updated to reflect significant changes in workloads over the past 20 years.