Children are waiting up to ten years to see a dentist on the Government’s school dental scheme, the Irish Dental Association (IDA), have revealed at their annual conference.
Social Democrats co-leader and former junior health minister, Roisin Shortall, has called on the Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly, to intervene directly to stop an “exodus” of dentists.
The Dublin TD said the system is teetering on the “brink of collapse.”
