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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Has the Irish Dental Council been dealing with the Department all along? It is obviously the Department from the point of view of legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Where is the blockage for the IDA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Okay. I will ask the Irish Dental Council representatives about the three short-term measures it proposed. Do these entail primary legislation or are they talking about a statutory instrument or change in regulations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Is there no possibility of that being done by regulation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I will ask the IDA about the schemes involved. What exactly is the problem in respect of medical card patients? Is it the reimbursement rate or the fact there is a supply-and-demand issue? The FEMPI cuts were spoken about. Where do we currently stand regarding the reimbursement rates relative to what IDA members charge for private patients?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Leaving aside the IDA's concerns about treatments that are covered, is the reimbursement rate close to what dentists charge?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Will the IDA provide us with some information on what the average charges for private patients are relative to what the reimbursement is for medical card patients? I am not asking for that now. Could it provide a note for us?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Maybe the IDA could arrange a note for the committee on that. I will move on to the issue of HSE dentists. What exactly is the issue there? Is it that sufficient posts have not been created? Are there vacant posts? Why is there an insufficient supply? Is there an issue regarding salaries and so on? Will the witnesses explain some of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: A point was made about the current recruitment embargo, but what about prior to that? What is the issue? Were there not enough posts or were people not applying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Whether there is a future, okay. That tendency to outsource what should be public work has, unfortunately, become a feature of the current approach to the provision of services, which is very regrettable. Is the salary and so on adequate? Does it recognise the training and what would be expected?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: To get back to the issue of supply and demand, which seems to be an underlying issue impacting many of these problems, how is the number of training places determined at present? I do not know whether Mr. O'Flynn has covered this, but will he clarify what is happening in existing dental schools regarding the number of places for Irish trainees? What is that number relative to the number of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: How is that number determined?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Sorry, is that the number of overall places or the split between-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Medical schools.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: That is quite different from what Mr. O'Flynn said, is it not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Apologies; I interrupted Dr. Boyd. Will he continue his point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: The majority are not from the EU.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall: The failure by Government to adequately fund a sufficient number of places in order that the schools are not dependent on non-EEA students is a problem. Unless there is a continuous supply of dentists, you will run into these kinds of problems.

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling this motion and providing us an opportunity to debate the cost of fuel. There is no doubt but the high price of petrol and diesel has had a huge impact on workers and families across the country, in particular in rural Ireland. That is why interventions like excise duty cuts have been required. After two years it is surely time for the Government to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (30 Apr 2024)

Róisín Shortall: 494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding allocated to projects in the Dublin 9 and 11 areas out of the community safety initiative/community safety innovation fund; the details of the initiatives funded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19028/24]