Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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524. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop and implement a new oral health strategy as recommended by the Irish Dental Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7306/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The National Oral Health Policy, which the Department of Health is currently developing, will inform future provision of dental services. This three-year project which is being led by the Chief Dental Officer commenced in 2014, is due to be completed later this year.