Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)

I put a parliamentary question to the Minister on the issue of the dental treatment services scheme asking what constituted an emergency in terms of who could benefit. In her reply, the Minister stated an emergency is determined by the treating clinician, the contracted general dental practitioner, in agreement with the local HSE. Dentists throughout the country are trying to provide emergency treatment under this scheme for people with severe disabilities and people with other conditions, such as a person with Alzheimer's disease in a case of which I am aware.

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