An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2022-02-01
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Fergus O'Dowd (FG), Louth

I warn the Taoiseach that the dental services in Louth and Meath have collapsed and the number of patients helping General Medical Services, GMS, patients has fallen from 61 two years ago to 22 today. Thousands of people cannot get an appointment, their teeth looked after or their oral hygiene checked and worse, there is no option to redirect them anywhere else because there is nowhere for them to go. It is extremely urgent. Only emergency appointments are available to people now. They are being provided by the HSE dental services. The problem is that special needs services and children's services suffer as a result. It is a huge crisis which needs Government intervention now.

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