Mr. Fintan Hourihan:

Per dentist. It depends on the area of dentistry you practice. It is possible to get indemnity cover. There are three significant providers in Ireland. All of the indemnifying bodies would agree - we all have common cause. We all want to promote the highest standards of care, protect patients from unscrupulous people and ensure, as Dr. Cleary said, that people get up to speed with new technology. There have been massive changes in the practice of dentistry. There are significant numbers of dentists on top of that but there is no way of verifying or proving that to be the case.