Posts Tagged ‘Irish Dental Association’
Court blocks dentists’ plea to save free dental treatment
The High Court has blocked a plea from a group of 25 dentists to stop the Health Service Executive from scrapping free dental care for medical card holders. The group of dentists applied for an injunction against the HSE changing their contracts; in January, it was announced that budget cuts would be introduced and medical […]
Budget cuts causing chaos in Ireland
Cuts in the public dental scheme are causing widespread chaos in Ireland. Since the announcement was made in April, there has been constant battling and mud-slinging between dentists, dental associations, patients and the Health Service Executive. The cutbacks changed the dental care system completely, with holders of the medical card losing access to free dental […]
Irish dentists angered by budget cuts
A huge decrease in state funding will have serious implications for patients, according to representatives from the Irish Dental Association. The budget cuts will affect patients that use the medical card dental scheme, which is designed to offer reduced rate dental care. In 2009 the state offered 86 million Euros for the medical card scheme; […]
