Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a chief dental officer will be appointed in her Department; when did the former chief dental officer leave; and when her Department will advertise to have that position filled. [24304/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The last Chief Dental Officer completed his tenure on the 30th April, 2004. In the meantime, however, my Department has available to it the services of a dental advisor on secondment from the Health Service Executive. The question of the appointment of a Chief Dental Officer is still being actively considered by my Department.