18. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she accepts that emergency ambulance responses to clinical status 1 purple and red calls exceeding 60 minutes represent a patient safety failure; when she first became aware that such extreme delays are not included in published National Ambulance Service performance indicators; whether she considers a system acceptable in which more than half of red life-threatening emergency calls miss response time targets; and the immediate actions she will take to ensure full transparency, regional equity, and patient safety in emergency ambulance response times. [11575/26]

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18. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she accepts that emergency ambulance responses to clinical status 1 purple and red calls exceeding 60 minutes represent a patient safety failure; when she first became aware that such extreme delays are not included in published National Ambulance Service performance indicators; whether she considers a system acceptable in which more than half of red life-threatening emergency calls miss response time targets; and the immediate actions she will take to ensure full transparency, regional equity, and patient safety in emergency ambulance response times. [11575/26]

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