David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I put it to Dr. Green that the problem is systemic. The problem I have with Mr. Ryan's opening statement and the response I have received so far is that it puts it back onto the individual medical card holder. What the Irish Dental Association has said is a world apart from what Mr. Ryan stated earlier. The association has said the treatment scheme for medical card holders is in an unprecedented crisis and a full-blown resourcing crisis. It used the words "complete chaos" and described it as a service on "the brink of collapse". This is what the Irish Dental Association has stated. Record numbers of dentists are dropping out of the scheme. Is this Dr. Green's experience with regard to what the Irish Dental Association is saying? Is this his experience of how serious the situation is with the scheme?