126 Mr. Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that her Department recently expressed concern at being outfoxed by dental care providers in relation to charges, her attention has been drawn to the fact that the professional body of most practising dentists, the Irish Dental Association, has no official opinion on fluoridation, whereas the Dental Health Foundation, which is Government-funded, makes numerous statements on its website suggesting that water fluoridation is essential to good oral health; the amount of public moneys being spent by the Dental Health Foundation in promoting this policy, in view of the fact that virtually every other EU country is at variance with the foundation’s unreserved support for water fluoridation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5868/05]

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126 Mr. Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the fact that her Department recently expressed concern at being outfoxed by dental care providers in relation to charges, her attention has been drawn to the fact that the professional body of most practising dentists, the Irish Dental Association, has no official opinion on fluoridation, whereas the Dental Health Foundation, which is Government-funded, makes numerous statements on its website suggesting that water fluoridation is essential to good oral health; the amount of public moneys being spent by the Dental Health Foundation in promoting this policy, in view of the fact that virtually every other EU country is at variance with the foundation’s unreserved support for water fluoridation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5868/05]

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