A local TD has welcomed additional staff for the National Ambulance Service in the region.
The Dublin North and East region, which includes Cavan and Monaghan, received 12 additional paramedics in 2025.
A further 12 are scheduled for this year.
However, Deputy Cathy Bennett said that it is not enough.
Deputy Bennett was speaking to the Minister for Health in the Dáil this week.
Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill indicated that there has been recruitment issues in areas like Cavan - Monaghan in the past.
However she accepted that there is a need for quicker ambulance response times.
Deputy Bennett said: "The Dublin North and East region, which includes Cavan and Monaghan, has benefited from recent investment, with 12 additional paramedics in 2025 and a further 12 scheduled for this year. Six additional emergency medical technicians are planned for Cavan.
"This will help to preserve front-line ambulances for emergency calls. I highlight this because the National Ambulance Service is focused on addressing areas where there is a clear need for greater resourcing. A particular emphasis is on targeting potential applicants in areas of need, including the Cavan- Monaghan area, where there have been challenges with recruitment in the past.
"That is the only reason I set some of that out. I acknowledge that there have been challenges with recruitment, notwithstanding our desire to recruit more people in the area," she added.
In response, Deputy Bennett outlined the statistics behind ambulance wait times.
Deputy Bennett said: "I welcome that additional staff have been employed. It is still not enough, however. More needs to be done. The National Ambulance Service used to make data available to help inform policymakers in coming forward with constructive solutions.
"Data indicates that the number of people who died by the time an ambulance actually reached their homes was up 70% in the eight years prior to 2024. There were over 95,000 instances in 2022 of people waiting more than one hour. However, when Sinn Féin recently sought updated information, the National Ambulance Service told us that there is no operational imperative to do so and that there is little or no clinical evidence underpinning response-time targets.
"That is despite coroners having found evidence of ambulance service capacity being the root cause of a person's death. Does the Minister think this information is relevant and important and that it should be made available to Members?" she added.
