IRELAND
Irish Examiner
By Conall Ó Fátharta
Irish Examiner Reporter
A group of dentists has hit out at what it claims is the Government’s “failure to honour” promises made to Magdalene laundry survivors on medical care.
Dental care provided only entitles the women to “limited and incomplete” treatment that the dental treatment services scheme (DTSS) provides for most medical card holders.
The disclosure in a letter, to the Journal of the Irish Dental Association, is signed by Dr Padraig O’Reachtagain, Dr Maurice Quirke, and Dr Desmond Kennedy.
It states: “It is believed that more than 90% of these women who live in the State already have a medical card.
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