Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 May 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

National Oral Health Policy: Discussion

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I thank Mr. Hourihan. He laid out many different things in his opening statement. People will be very concerned about two of the aspects he mentioned. One is the assertion that oral health will get worse for some or even many people. The other is the clear concern about growing inequality in healthcare. Would it be fair to state that it is Mr. Hourihan's considered view that the new oral health strategy, as it stands, could make oral health and oral health inequality worse?