Mr. Fintan Hourihan:

Yes. We are seeing new waiting lists. It is well recognised that there have been orthodontic waiting lists of unacceptable levels for many years, but we are now seeing waiting lists emerging in care for children who require treatment under general anaesthetic. The school screening programme has effectively been suspended or abandoned in many parts of the country because many public dental surgeons in the public dental service, which has historically been understaffed and of whom Dr. O'Neill is one, were deployed over the past 12 months to work on testing and tracing. New waiting lists will grow exponentially because public dental surgeons are not available to see children and special care patients, so-----