Dr. Gerry Cleary:

At the fundamental and basic level, Smile agus Sláinte is there but none of the aspirational aspects of that can be implemented without the ship turning. The only way the ship can be turned is with continuing professional development. Not only is it poor based on all of the points the Deputy raised, looking to the future, we cannot aspire to the changes within the Smile agus Sláinte national oral health policy without continuing development to change the direction the Government wants the profession to take.