Mr. David Walsh:

I am not too sure. I believe the Department is engaging with the Irish Dental Association but I do not have details of that. The measures taken last year were seen as interim measures to increase the reimbursement rates for the various treatments. It is also worth noting that the HSE's public dental service continues to try to assist people to locate dentists where they have trouble locating dentists who are participating in the dental treatment service scheme, DTSS. An increasing amount of the public dental service's resources are going to emergency work. It now accounts for well over 50% of the total work done.