Denise Mitchell (Dublin Bay North, Sinn Fein)
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253. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists struck off the dental register by the Dental Council in each of the years 2018 to 2020 in CHO9. [45609/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The information sought by the Deputy is not held by my Department. The Dental Council, established under the Dentists Act 1985 is the regulatory body for the dental profession. The Dental Council deals with complaints concerning breaches of its Codes of Practice. The Dental Council publishes the results of Fitness to Practise Inquiries where allegations of professional misconduct against a dentist have been proven together with the sanctions imposed.