Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive's expectation expressed in Question No. 375 of 25 January 2006 that a person (details supplied) in County Clare would receive orthodontic treatment in approximately a year still stands; if, on that basis, such treatment will be given before January 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33702/06]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that the waiting lists of the public health system's orthodontic services are in such a state that they demand immediate, effective action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33703/06]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Waiting lists for Public Health Orthodontic Services have reduced in the period from June 2002 to June 2006 by 10,219 for those waiting for assessment, and by 1,474 for those waiting for treatment. The Health Service Executive has informed my Department that it has established a National Orthodontic Review Group to review the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee Reports; to examine the recommendations within the operational remit of the HSE and to establish their status; and to conduct an analysis of the HSE's existing orthodontic delivery structure and capacity. Based on that analysis, to make recommendations, the recommendations thus made to be costed and a timeframe for their implementation to be proposed. Membership of the Group includes representatives from each HSE Area (clinicians and managers), my Department and the Dental Schools in Cork and Dublin.