Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 225: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will ensure that dental and optical entitlements are not interfered with in the course of budgetary reviews in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41034/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Any proposal to amend entitlement to dental and optical benefit will be considered as part of the Estimates and Budget process for 2010. This will include consideration of the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes, and the decisions on all of the issues arising will be a matter for the Government. It would not be appropriate for me to comment further at this stage pending the outcome of these deliberative processes.