Clare is set to be allocated more community paramedics to deal with low acuity ambulance calls.
It follows a recent incident in Doonbeg in which a woman waited over three hours for an ambulance following a road traffic collision.
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Construction is expected to begin on a new ambulance base in Kilrush this year, but the Dáil has now heard calls for another ambulance base to be built here, to bring the county’s total to six.
Responding to Clare Fianna Fáil TD Cathal Crowe, Junior Health Minister Mary Butler says there are plans to improve services.
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