Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 June 2005
236 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will be following the recommendation of the review of 2004 (details supplied) of orthodontic services in the Mid-Western Health Board region to restore the Limerick orthodontic training programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22517/05]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe issue raised by the Deputy is a matter for the Dental Council as, in Ireland, the regulation of professional education and training in dentistry is statutorily vested by the Oireachtas in the Dental Council alone; the Dentists Act, 1985, Part II, section 6(1) refers. Furthermore, Part IV, section 37(3) of the Act provides that: "The Council shall from time to time determine, in relation to each specialty recognised by it, the body or bodies which the council shall recognise in the State for the purpose of granting evidence of satisfactory completion of specialist training". The Irish committee for specialist training in dentistry has been designated by the Dental Council as the body responsible for specialist training.
237 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children on the waiting list for orthodontic treatment and the number on the assessment waiting list for orthodontic treatment following referral by a dentist in the Mid-Western Health Board area for each of the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; the waiting list figures for County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22518/05]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
