Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the minority report of the Health Service Executive's review of orthodontic services has been omitted from the HSE official report; if she will ensure that it will form part of that report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11636/07]

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; and

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

As the publication of the report is a matter for the HSE, 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.