A Sligo Councillor is calling for a reform of the system used to dispatch ambulances in rural areas.
Fianna Fail Councillor Keith Henry says the south Sligo area is the victim of busy ambulance bases in Carrick-on-Shannon and Boyle.
Some people can be waiting up to an hour for ambulance to respond to a certain type of call.
Councillor Henry says that the so-called ‘dynamic deployment system’ needs to be reformed: