Dentists vote no confidence in Government over €110m cutbacks

MORE than 400 dentists from across the country attended a crisis meeting in Dublin yesterday to condemn cuts of more than €110m to dental treatment supports.

The meeting in Croke Park unanimously passed a motion of no confidence in the Government in terms of its capacity to deal with the dental care of the nation.

Irish Dental Association chief executive Fintan Hourihan said the Government had destroyed what minimal support it had given to dental healthcare in recent years.