Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 October 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023

9:30 am

Mr. Bernard Gloster:

I think the issue is the volume available as opposed to the amount of claims. Some €68 million was provided for this year to be available to the dental profession to enter and draw down from the DTSS. That is a 20% increase on last year. That would seem to suggest that it is not just what we are offering to pay. There are obviously other factors informing people's choices to operate and participate in these schemes.