I propose to take Questions Nos. 310 and 354 together.
The Health Service Executive (HSE) established an Orthodontic Review Group in 2006. The terms of reference for the group were:
to review the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee Reports;
to examine the recommendations within the operational remit of the HSE and to establish their status;
to conduct an analysis of the HSE's existing orthodontic delivery structure and capacity.
Based on that analysis, to make recommendations in that regard;
the recommendations thus made to be costed and a time-frame for their implementation proposed.
The Review Group has finalised its report and it has been approved by the HSE Management Team. I have, in the past week, received a copy of the report and am considering its recommendations. The minority report was not included in the copy of the Review Group Report which I received. I understand the Review Group Report has not yet been published.