Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I know. We cannot pretend it does not happen. It happens and I do not agree with the idea that we will look after them when they are 17 or 18 years of age when the damage is done dentally and orally and sometimes in terms of their social, personal and developmental skills. I am not blaming anyone but I am urging the Minister to see whether there is any way he can resurrect an efficient orthodontic system. If it cannot be done because of lack of public capacity, can we revisit the dreaded National Treatment Purchase Fund in a more meaningful way to give kids a chance to have orthodontic services provided when they need them?