Every day paramedics attend to, 769 patients using 534 vehicles. Workforce of 1700 paramedics.

Government is committed to improving our ambulance service and ambulance response times. Minister Reilly is prioritising the ambulance service despite shrinking budgets. 146.9 million spent on the ambulance service 2013. +6% more than two years ago. Ambulance fleet stands at 534. Thats 77 more than 4 years ago. 280,776 emergency calls(2013) . 14,000 more than 2012 Minister Reilly is putting the ambulance service under the spotlight like never before. There are three separate reviews of the ambulance service under way. The aim of these reviews is clear: to improve our ambulance service. In line with best international practice, it is anticipated that this review will recommend taking both response times and the patients outcome into account. The review will be completed by the end of the year. Separately, the National Ambulance Service will complete a comprehensive capacity analysis this autumn. This will compare the resource levels to demand and activity levels throughout the country. Finally, the HSE and Dublin City Council have commissioned a joint review of the Dublin Fire Brigade emergency service.