Health Minister Rosie Winterton praised ambulance services for successfully meeting the target for responding to the highest priority emergencies despite an increase of around 8% in the number of emergency calls made last year compared to previous years.

BBC: Services have met the 'high priority' target

The department said HSE's approach was to focus inspection on priority sectors and target them on specific activities in other sectors where there is evidence of poor performance.

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Despite tough market conditions, the carmaker said it still expects to meet its target of 55 million units sold in 2009 as it makes generating positive cash flow its priority.

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