Emergency Response

Medical Emergency Response Ireland (MER) issued written communications to Deputies with whom there had been prior engagement, providing an update on MER’s activities and recent developments. The communication referenced discussion at an Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health meetin

Medical Emergency Response Ireland (MER) provided written communications to members of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health in advance of a meeting on health services for allergies. The communication introduced the organisation and its objectives, and shared findings from a r

Medical Emergency Response Ireland (MER) held a virtual meeting with Minister Moynihan to introduce the organisation and its objectives, and to discuss findings from a report on emergency preparedness in schools, including access to emergency medicines, training, and consideratio

Discussion of findings from the MER 2025 report on medical emergency preparedness in Irish schools, including issues relating to allergy awareness, staff training, and access to emergency medicines. MER also outlined its engagement with Safefood following a recent Parliamentary Q

Provide copy of Medical Emergency Response report showing that 88% of schools surveyed do not hold spare emergency medicines for undiagnosed pupils; and that only 7 schools nationwide are registered to hold emergency medicines under the Medicines for Listed Organisations (MLO) fr

Medical Emergency Response Ireland engaged with individual members of the Oireachtas in relation to public policy on emergency preparedness in schools and allergy awareness. Engagement focused on discussing the findings of MER’s national report on medical emergency preparedness i