Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Dr. Green. Reference has been made to some staff shortages in certain areas across Dublin North, and in Balbriggan in particular. As it goes, not only do I represent a constituency with the fastest-growing population in the State, but Balbriggan is also the youngest town in Ireland. This is a fairly easily identifiable cohort, and one does not need to be a brain surgeon to figure out that if a whole load of young families buy houses, the inevitable consequence of that is children, and the inevitable consequence of children is children's teeth. Notwithstanding the fact that much of this was predictable, there is a particular problem with the recruitment of staff in Balbriggan. Do the witnesses have any words of comfort for me to bring back to north County Dublin? Is there anything I can say to the parents of these children?