Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to again raise the collapse of the dental treatment service scheme, DTSS. Hundreds of thousands of medical card holders the length and breadth of the State have no access to dental care. People with existing serious illness and deteriorating dental conditions are being denied access to care. On top of that, 5,000 primary school children in County Louth and 6,000 primary school children in County Meath have no access to regular checkups. We are now into the third year of this. How long does it take to reform the scheme? It is a scheme that should never been allowed to collapse in the first instance. People are now of the opinion that the Government is content to deprive people with medical cards access to dental care. I can only assume the same now that we are in the third year of this crisis. If that is not the case, given that we are into the third year of this, can the Minister tell us when people with medical cards can access the dental care to which they are entitled?

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