Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 395: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 27 March 2007, if generic complaints regarding irreversible damage having been caused to children's teeth following the cessation of the orthodontic regional training programmes in 1999 have been made to her Department by consultant orthodontists; the action she has taken on foot of those complaints; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14571/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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I am aware of allegations that some unidentified children were damaged as a result of having their orthodontic treatment interrupted. Any such allegations, in respect of individual children, are matters for consideration in the first instance by the HSE and by the Dental Council.