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Sinn Féin TD Rose Conway-Walsh has called on the Department of Health and the HSE to take emergency action to address 'the alarming lack of dentists offering services to Medical Card patients through the Dental Treatment Services Scheme/DTSS.

Sinn Féin TD Rose Conway-Walsh has called on the Department of Health and the HSE to take emergency action to address 'the alarming lack of dentists offering services to Medical Card patients through the Dental Treatment Services Scheme/DTSS. Speaking in the Dáil recently, Deputy Conway-Walsh said: "Of all the dental practices throughout the county of Mayo, only one is currently treating Medical Card patients and taking on new patients, but even then, only for specific treatments.

Dental services in Galway have reached crisis point as waiting lists “soar” and dentists drop out of the medical card scheme in “record numbers”.

Sinn Féin TD for Mayo Rose Conway-Walsh has expressed alarm at the collapse in dental services for Mayo in the last 18 months, as dentists drop out of medical card scheme in record numbers.

More than 900 people throughout the west of Ireland are waiting more than two years for orthodontic services, according to figures released by the HSE.