Dental Council faced scrapping in Oireachtas over service

AN Oireachtas committee considered recommending the scrapping of the Dental Council because its failings led to a major crisis in orthodontic services.

However, a subcommittee of the joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children decided not to go quite that far, chairwoman Fiona O’Malley revealed yesterday.

“Instead we felt the Dental Council could do with reform and we are making suggestions in that regard,” said Ms O’Malley. The committee’s proposals for a radical shake-up of orthodontic services and training will go before both houses of the Oireachtas today.