Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 May 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

National Oral Health Policy: Discussion

I have a final question. I refer to the issue of people going abroad for dental treatment. I have come across a number of problem cases where people have gone abroad for dental treatment because they thought it would be far cheaper and, a year, two years or three years later, are running into major problems. It is not clear that we have a sufficient warning system on this issue that just because it is cheaper does not mean it is value for money. I have someone now, for instance, who is going through a process which will cost €25,000 to rectify the problem that the person had dealt with abroad. How can that message be got out that there is no question about the competence of practitioners here in Ireland but that there are dangers in going abroad, and just because the treatment is cheaper does not mean a person will get value for money?

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