Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

With regard to the routine orthodontic waiting list within the Kerry and Cork community health care organisation, in an effort to reduce the waiting times a national list initiative commenced in 2016 whereby treatment was offered to clients placed on the routine orthodontic waiting list up to December 2012, that is, those who have been waiting four years or more. I was informed by the HSE last Friday that there is no money left to fund this initiative, which was working very well and had served 235 people in Cork and Kerry areas, and there are still people waiting to be called for the past four years. When will that initiative get further funding as it is now stalled waiting for money to be allocated to it?

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