Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 24 June 2021
394. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if it is HSE and-or his Department's policy to approve or recommend silver filling over white composite fillings for medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26195/21]
View answerIt is the Department's policy to phase out the use of dental amalgam, the material used for "silver fillings" by 2030. In line with EU Mercury Regulation (EU) 2017/852 and to ensure compliance with the Minamata Convention on Mercury my Department has set out its approach in the "National Plan for Phase-down to Phase-out of amalgam towards 2030” published in 2019. This is also an action and a key priority within the National Oral Health Policy, "Smile agus Sláinte”.
