Non-European students paying over 45,000 a year 'are taking too many dentistry college places'

The current model of producing dental graduates is unsustainable and Irish patients are suffering the consequences of the shortage of dentists. We need to see significant investment in our dental schools from government to increase the number of Irish and EEA dental graduates to meet patient demand.

The €45,000 a year paid by non-EEA students to train in Trinity or UCC is used to cross-subsidise Irish dental students due to the years of under-resourcing of our Irish dental schools.

Irish students who achieve the incredible feat of 625 points in their Leaving Cert are having to face a lottery for acceptance into the dentistry courses in TCD and may well face the same in UCC before long.

Read at Irish Independent