Ms Anne Marie Hoey:

I have a couple of points to make on some comments that were made on the employment of dentists. One is that dentists are currently exempt from the recruitment pause for emergency services. There are very robust procedures in place before people are employed, including the interview. After that, there are a number of checks such as reference checks, Garda vetting checks, registration checks and so on. There are a number of robust procedures in place before somebody is employed by the HSE and that includes our dentists and orthodontists.