To ask the Minister of Health when he will sign off on overtime rates to be paid to Community Dentists who were redeployed to work in urgent dental care centres since the start of the pandemic.

The Department is currently looking at a proposal to make a temporary amendment to Community Dentists Terms and Conditions of Service, which will allow for the payment of an additional hours rate. A proposal has been sent to the Department of Finance and correspondence is continuing between officials to come to a resolution.