Mr. Fintan Hourihan:

I will have to check. It is a recurring issue that has been highlighted in countless presentations and submissions. I am unsure whether there was a meeting specifically to consider that proposal alone. It is well known within the dental community that the proposal was presented to the Department in the names of a large number of organisations. It is referenced in several documents. Recently the focus of the Department has been on the oral health policy document. We were waiting to see what it contained. I cannot say when the most recent engagement on the issue was per se.