Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion

Photo of Seán CroweSeán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will get back to the medical card issue again. Everyone has touched on it. First, is there a breakdown of dentists operating this scheme? Where are they located? Is there a list of dentists who will take the medical card? If someone has a medical card and cannot get access to a dentist, is there a list of somewhere someone can go in that regard? Does the Department have it or does the council have it? I am thinking of all those people out there and how far they would have to travel. I presume it is the usual thing that if a person is in a particular locality, it is more difficult to access it. Do we have a map or do we have a sense of where the big gaps are in respect of the scheme itself?

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