Dr. Gerry Cleary:

Anything the committee can do to support, or intervene with the Minister on behalf of, the work that really started after we met with the Minister in mid-January would be fantastic. We believe there is potential for very significant changes on the three points, with amending legislation, which would allow us to be more effective than we are under the current Act. Obviously our stated ambition is to have a new dental Act in due course, but certainly the small measures we are proposing at the moment would make a very significant contribution to protecting the public and would give us more confidence in what we can do. The Cathaoirleach has hit the nail on the head.