Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The dental treatment service scheme is on the verge of collapse across the State. Upwards of 80% of medical card holders cannot access dental treatment. Cancer patients, kidney transplant patients and patients with diabetes all have medical cards.

That is farcical when 80% of medical card holders have not been able to access dental treatment for almost a year. Have talks with the Irish Dental Association begun? What stage are they at?