Deputy Marian Harkin says current ambulance response times in Leitrim are unacceptable.

The Fianna Fáil general election candidate has described facilities as 'unacceptable'.

Martin Kenny was speaking in the Dáil yesterday during a discussion to mark World Mental Health Day.

The HSE operate what they call a dynamic service, whereby if the local crew is on a call, then a crew from a different station will attend.

The HSE is currently completing an internal review process based on a completed professional valuation as part of efforts to dispose of the significant property.

The news follows a meeting between the HSE, parents and politicians in the Bush Hotel in Carrick-on-Shannon this afternoon.

The action will take the form of a work to rule by nurses in the areas affected.

Former Independent Councillor Gerry Warnock says it would relieve pressure on the national health system.