I raise the very serious matter impacting first responders in all our communities. Recently, a number ambulance officers were informed, many of them, indeed, trained paramedics, that they could no longer park their ambulances, their vehicles, at their own homes. Instead, they will have to park them at ambulance bases and primary care centres. This is having a knock-on impact on first responder response times, particularly in relation to cardiac arrests and other emergency medical situations. We are asking for an urgent response in this regard to allow those first responders who are trained paramedics, to continue to park their vehicles at their own homes and to be allowed to respond in the quickest possible time to events within communities. It is having a serious knock-on effect and it has raised problems for these first responders.

There are limits to what any Taoiseach should have to deal with and parking arrangements for first responders should be dealt with by the HSE and the local office. Let us call a spade a spade. There could be insurance issues, etc. I do not know, neither am I going to arbitrate on it. I hear what the Deputy is saying. There should be proper parking arrangements for first responders, but it is not for the Taoiseach of the day to get into that level of detail in how public services are delivered and operated. I respect that the Deputy is raising this matter through frustration perhaps and so on, and on behalf of those who come to him. I acknowledge that.

Unfortunately, it is impacting a lot of families.