PQ 1263
1263. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to reduce current waiting times for children requiring orthodontic treatment, given reports that waiting times are now estimated at up to four years; her plans to introduce a specific initiative to address these delays; if she will confirm whether vacant dental and orthodontic posts are being actively recruited to; if agency staff are being engaged in the interim to fill vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48456/25]
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1263. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to reduce current waiting times for children requiring orthodontic treatment, given reports that waiting times are now estimated at up to four years; her plans to introduce a specific initiative to address these delays; if she will confirm whether vacant dental and orthodontic posts are being actively recruited to; if agency staff are being engaged in the interim to fill vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48456/25]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2025-09-17/1263/
- Open data entity: https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/question/2025-09-17/pq_1263