Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 June 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

National Oral Health Policy: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Why has it not been dealt with for five years? If it is increasing every year, surely the people who are tasked with making sure that waiting times come down would put solutions in place? If something is a problem for that length of time, the people who are responsible for making sure that solutions are in place are obviously not delivering solutions because the times are increasing. Dr. Green has acknowledged that waiting times are going up, not down. What specific capacity issue is causing the problem? Is it orthodontists?

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