Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Will that be back before us in two or three years time? That is what I am concerned about. The system has been problematic going back years. It is about Government policy but Government policy is now to move to Sláintecare. Mr. Watt and I know what Sláintecare is about: it is a public health system. I do not want to be too ideological about it but it generally means that we would directly employ dentists who would be obliged to see patients. It is also about where graduates come out of training that it would be attractive and they would see a career in dentistry within the public system. Not all of them want to be running a business. It is the same with GPs. Not all GPs coming out of training want to run their own practice.