Mr. Pat Healy:

In preparing for our appearance before the committee, we submitted a report to it which includes those figures and sets out the services we provide, including in regard to the waiting list for orthodontics. We are currently treating under 18,000 and there are 18,000 on the waiting list, as the Deputy said. There are currently working with us, on a whole-time equivalent basis, 13 consultant orthodontists, 45 orthodontic specialists and 64 dental nurses, in our regional orthodontic services. We acknowledge that those who are being treated currently are the most severe and the highest risk. That is the basis on which we are treating people. I will ask Dr. Joe Green to comment on what arrangements are in place in terms of prioritising treatment.