asked the Minister for Health if he will indicate when he expects to conclude negotiations with private orthodontists for a scale of charges for such treatment; and if he will have such matter attended to urgently in view of the enormous number of patients awaiting treatment.
Written Answers. - Orthodontic Treatment Charges.
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My Department wrote to the orthodontists recently explaining certain matters in relation to the proposed fees scale on which they had sought clarification. I would expect the orthodontists to be in a position now to give their final decision on the fees scale and that they will be conveying their decision to my Department very soon.