This is a delicate matter with many facets to it. I appreciate that a dental officer was appointed in the Department of Health, but is not one of the problems here that there are inadequate training facilities for training dental personnel? Is anything being done to remedy that situation?

A number of different approaches can be taken to improve the situation, but there is the underlying fact that trained professional personnel are in short supply not just here but in Europe generally.

Is it not also a fact that the salaries being offered here are inadequate to attract the type of people we want?

I will not comment on that.

Training is generally the responsibility of the Minister for Education rather than the Minister for Health, is that not right?

Dental training is a matter for the Minister for Education.