John Brassil (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee and giving us their statements. As I understand it, the vast majority of members of the public believe they ring up the local dentist if they have a problem and they attend and pay accordingly. To whom is the public dental system available? Is it medical card holders only? Is it the general public, even if most of them are not aware that the service is available to them? Does the future strategy involve a roll-out of public services or will it include the dental practices in every town and some villages throughout the country? I did not pick up from the statements exactly how existing dental practices will feed into the new strategy.