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IRISH DENTAL ASSOCIATION WELCOMES SUPREME COURT RULING
Friday 9th July 2010. The Irish Dental Association has warmly welcomed the decision by the Supreme Court today to restore the High Court injunction restraining the HSE from unilaterally varying its contract with two dentists under the medical card dental scheme.
The IDA is fully supporting the case taken by Dr Martin Reid and Dr James Turner against the HSE.
The IDA believes that if the HSE is allowed to proceed to restrict the medical card dental scheme to one which only provides limited emergency dental treatment for patients, this will have a devastating impact on the 1.6 million people who hold medical cards.
Fintan Hourihan, CEO of the IDA said the Association was extremely concerned about the implications of these savage cuts for these patients, the dental health of the country as a whole and the dentists who made this scheme work so efficiently and effectively.
"Three months ago we described the HSE's move as unsafe, unworkable and unethical. We said it would hit the most vulnerable in our society as well as setting back the dental health of the nation by decades. We also said that the cuts did not make any financial sense as every case of delayed treatment would require hugely expensive treatment in future years. The IDA welcomes the Supreme Court's decision today and hopefully this will concentrate minds in the HSE" Hourihan said.
ENDS
Further Information
Contact Eleanor Newman
Gordon MRM
016650454 or 087 - 6440678
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