Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)

I welcome this example of vigilance on the part of the Department. Does the Minister know how many dental practices attempted to submit lists of patients without such applications having been signed by the patients in question? How did the Department realise that dentists seemed to be submitting patients' names without their consent? Was the alphabetical order issue the main one in this regard? Will any sanctions be applied in cases of this nature? Have the applications been returned to the people in question? Has everyone on the list been contacted by the Department to make them aware that their dentists submitted this information?

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