I compliment Senator Craughwell on that particular point. One of the beauties of this House is our ability to raise a particular topic and raise awareness of it. When it comes from lived experience, Helen's legacy could be simplifying that process to future people who experience it. It is an important thing to raise in this House. I compliment the Senator on that.

Last week, I met with an individual who is a recipient of disability allowance. They are supported by our disability services and were talking to me about the cost of living, but they were also talking to me about a number of the supports that they are availing of and the limitations of those supports. While they are receiving the support within one of the national agencies, it requires them, through their medical card, to get regular blood tests. The support service was saying that this was to help them regulate the medication that they were getting on a month-by-month basis. With the medical card that this individual had, they were having to pay €30 regularly every month to get the blood tests. I know the definition is routine and not routine for patients' conditions, but we should look at the individuals themselves and the services that they are availing of. There is a potential saving to the State with the regulation of the medication that this individual was availing of that would offset that. I would love for that to be looked at. The same individual also spoke to me about their regular need to change their glasses prescription. Due to their mobility issues, they are regularly breaking or losing their glasses. This was something that was not covered under any scheme for them either. It was an ongoing concern.

They also mentioned to me how long they had been waiting to access a dentist. We all know that dental health has a long recognised impact on overall health. The dental treatment services scheme in Ireland is not going very well at the moment. We know that we do not have capacity in the system. In 2020, 13,554 dentists were on that scheme. As of June 2026, 866 dentists were on that scheme. In my home county of Roscommon, back in 2020, 15 dentists had signed up to the scheme. As of now, six dentists are signed up to that scheme. There has been a 60% reduction in the dentists open to that. These figures do not factor in the dentists who are accepting new customers or patients onto that particular scheme. I have mentioned it before. There is a serious capacity issue in the system and there is something we need to do.

When I mention the public scheme, I also have to mention the HSE public community dental service for school-going kids. In Roscommon, they prioritise sixth class students. They are trying to get through that. I think the target was to have all the sixth class cohort completed by July 2026, but when asked for recent information, no data was available. We have an onus to look after second and third class students as well. We are trying to focus solely on the older ones. We might have a discussion on that, if possible.