Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 451: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish and place in the Library of the Houses of the Oireachtas, the minority report of the orthodontic review group of December 2006; and if she decides not to do so if she will make a statement of explanation with regard to this. [10017/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The Health Service Executive (HSE) established an Orthodontic Review Group in 2006. The Group was broadly representative of the orthodontic profession and also included representation from the HSE, my Department and the dental schools. The terms of reference for the group were:

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;

to conduct an analysis of the HSE's existing orthodontic delivery structure and capacity.

Based on that analysis, to make recommendations in that regard;

the recommendations thus made to be costed and a time-frame for their implementation proposed.

The Review Group has finalised its report and it has been approved by the HSE Management Team. I have received a copy of the report and am considering its recommendations. A minority report was not included in the copy of the Review Group Report which I received. I understand the Review Group Report has recently been published.