David Cullinane
Question:1655. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of retaining additional allocations for the dental treatment services scheme made in 2022. [29889/22]
View answerTuesday, 14 June 2022
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The 2022 estimates process provided €56 million for community dental services, and an additional €10 million was allocated in Budget 2022. The total 2022 budget is €66 million.
The additional money from Budget 2022 was allocated to provide for expanded dental health care for adult medical card holders including the reintroduction of Scale and Polish.
I am committed to the long-term reform of dental services to align with the National Oral Health Policy, Smile agus Sláinte. As the Deputy will appreciate, while I cannot comment at this stage on the outcome of the Estimates process, any future allocations will need to be aligned with the reform of services.