Dundalk's ambulance service was reduced by two vehicles on the night that a young father bled to death at his home.
The Dáil's heard there are usually 10 Ambulances working in the Dundalk area - but only eight were in operation on the night that Dualtagh Donnelly died.
The 25-year-old father-of-two cut his arm on a glass door - but it took almost 40 minutes for an ambulance to arrive at his home, which is just five minutes from the local hospital.
Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty quoted the young man's mother in the Dáil.
The Health Minister Leo Vardakar earlier expressed his condolences to the family of Mr Donnelly.
His partner says she believes he would still be alive if the ambulance had gotten to him sooner.
Mr Donnelly died after he severed an artery on a glass door at his home in Dundalk, Co Louth.
He waited more than 20 minutes for a paramedic, and nearly 40 minutes for an ambulance to arrive at the scene.
His partner Lindzie Cooney is pregnant with the couple's third child.
She believes he should still be alive.
"Of course yeah, definitely - it's a disgrace how long you have to wait for an ambulance" she told the Pat Kenny Show here on Newstalk.
"I don't even know where that ambulance came from".
"Sure you could make it from Drogheda to Dundalk in less than half an hour if you really wanted to - I just don't understand".
Mr Donnelly lost consciousness in the front garden before the ambulance arrived.
She says neighbours used a tie and two towels to try and stop the bleeding, "but it just wouldn't stop".
Listen to her full interview below:
Health Minister Varadkar told Newstalk Lunchtime he extends his condolences to his family.
Meanwhile it has been announced €9.4m is to be invested in 64 ambulances around the country.
These will be in place by the end of the year, and the Health Minister Leo Varadakar hopes to have the same amount again next year "if not more".
Mr Varadkar says where these ambulances will be stationed is up to the National Ambulance Service.
He admits that there is a shortage of paramedics, but that they are actively being recruited.
