Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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1830. To ask the Minister for Health when the Dental Council will approve a Ukrainian dentist (details supplied) to start the process of registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38793/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Dental Council of Ireland is the regulator for the dental profession in Ireland. The Council is responsible for establishing, maintaining and publishing a Register of Dentists and a Register of Dental Specialists and to provide for the registration and the retention of dentists’ names in these registers.

I have consulted with the Dental Council on this matter. The Council have advised that they received the individual’s application on 30th of May 2023 and the Dental Council hopes to review it in the near future. The Council is reviewing such applications for registration in the order they are received. The assessment process is detailed, as the Dental Council needs to be satisfied of all applicants’ bona fides and to undertake the necessary due diligence. The Council has informed me that it will endeavour to process and assess the application at the earliest opportunity possible, however, it is currently not possible to give a timeframe.