asked the Minister for Health the total number of school children on the waiting list for dental, including orthodontic, treatment in County Kerry on 1 September 1989.
Written Answers. - County Kerry Dental-Orthodontic Treatment Service.
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There is no waiting list of children awaiting general dental treatment in County Kerry.
There are 1,300 school children in County Kerry awaiting orthodontic treatment.
The Government recently made an additional £300,000 available to the eight health boards to help reduce waiting lists for orthodontic treatment. This will enable the health boards to initiate programmes of treatment for 500 priority cases in the coming weeks.