Dental Services
Dail Éireann — 2025-03-06
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Ken O'Flynn (II), Cork North-Central

I thank the Minister but, as I pointed out, emergency care is available but is not available all the time. What does a parent do when their child is suffering? Parents have to find the money somewhere and they will beg, borrow and steal to protect or save their children. In my constituency of Cork North-Central many people have come to me and said they had to borrow money from friends or family because they had no access to dental care for a child over the weekend due to an accident. That is €2,000 or €3,000. It is simply not good enough.

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Sitting date: 2025-03-06