Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Will Mr. Walsh come back and tell me how long these children have to wait before they can access the NTPF and how long they have to wait before they are sent to a private provider? It does not make much sense to me that, on the one hand, we are unable to get dentists into the dental treatment service scheme, DTSS, while, on the other hand, we are going to private providers for orthodontics and maxillary surgery. None of this makes sense and it does not bode well for where the future budget of the HSE will go. I do not know who should be joining the dots. I asked Mr. Mulvany whether the HSE had made any savings.