Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Conway-Walsh. I will pass her views on to the Minister for Health. We have provided an additional €15 million to oral health care services this year. I take the point about needing people in place to deliver the service. On workforce capacity, I am informed that we live in a country with more registered dentists than ever before, at 3,472 as of March 2023, which is an increase of 153 from the previous year. In my Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, we are looking at how we can train more dentists and we expect to have news on that. I will ask the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, to revert to Deputy Conway-Walsh specifically about Mayo.

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