Is the Minister aware that there are delays of up to six and seven years among adults for dental treatment and that in respect of orthodontic treatment, which the Minister knows is an important treatment and that there is an age beyond which it is not practical to apply it, there is a delay of three and four years in the Western Health Board area? What will the Minister do to improve the situation in both normal and orthodontic treatment?

As the Deputy is probably aware, I dealt with this at some length under the health questions and I indicated that I was not satisfied with the dental services at present and that there is a review under way in the Department, in conjunction with the Irish Dental Association, and that we now have a new dental officer in the Department of Health who is participating in this review and that I hope to come to the House with proposals for improving the dental services in the not too distant future.

In the light of the urgency of the matter, particularly in relation to orthodontic treatment, will the Minister have the review expedited?

Yes.