Debate contribution: Ambulance Service: Category 2 Calls

Debate contribution by Mr Timothy Gaston on 24 March 2026.

MLA: Mr Timothy Gaston
Party at the time: Traditional Unionist Voice
Date: 24 March 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Ambulance Service: Category 2 Calls
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5463158

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The late Willy Darragh passed away at the side of the road on 21 December 2024 after suffering a heart attack. The initial 999 call from his wife Caroline was classed as a category 2 call, and, due to the action short of strike, it was not passed to the crew in the local Ballymena ambulance station. Minister, will you commit today to meeting the Darragh family and to ensuring that the action short of strike is brought to an end so that no other family is left in the same position as the Darragh family?

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This follow-up belongs to: Oral question AQO 3351/22-27.

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