John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I meant to thank Mr. Hourihan, Dr. McAllister and Dr. Robins at the start. Maybe Mr. Hourihan could give us some information on that. The fixation on extractions struck me as being slightly Dickensian. From a business angle, what is the difference between the cost of an extraction and the cost of a filling and what kind of time is involved? Is there any reason extractions were favoured over other treatments from a coverage point of view?