Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

That is the reason there will be a new dental Bill and the council will have those powers. All the other professions that have been registered up to this point have had power under the fitness to practise area and this is a significant power. In looking at all the other regulatory bodies in respect of fitness to practise, I am not sure that each registration council needs such a body on its own. We may take a look at centralising that but fitness to practise will be central to what the council will do. It will come about in most cases through complaints from the public but in other cases through the council's inspections. We need to wait and see what the Bill will propose and I have every faith in our Chief Dental Officer because she is very familiar with the area and has taken all of the issues raised by the Deputy on board.

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