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News Membership increase for IDA


The Irish Dental Association has seen a 28 per cent increase in membership since 2008, according to the association’s annual report for 20ı5. The overall number of members


ANNUAL REPORT 2015


now stands at ı,700 with nearly 50 per cent more general practitioners joining since 2008 as well. However, the number of members employed by the public dental service has dropped alarmingly with 43 per cent fewer than recorded 2008. IDA chief executive, Fintan


Hourihan, said: “Clearly, the overall rise in membership reflects the significant increase in benefits and services afforded to members, but it also reflects the strong leadership shown by successive boards and officers over the last decade. The adoption of an ambitious strategic plan in 20ı3 is predicated on further expansion of the membership, and I believe that it is now appropriate to set a clear membership target of 2,000


Clinton’s Savita briefing


Presidential hopeful advised against mentioning Savita controversy during 2012 visit to Ireland


Hillary Clinton was advised not to discuss the death of dentist Savita Halappanavar before her visit to Ireland in 20ı2, according to her recently- released emails. The Democratic presidential


front-runner was given a detailed briefing from her senior aide Melanne Verveer informing her of the circumstances of the 3ı-year- old’s death a month previously. Verveer, who was Clinton’s


chief of staff, when advised her to avoid raising the case publicly during her visit as the HSE investigation was not complete at the time. The inquest into her death


eventually returned a verdict of medical misadventure with nine members of staff at Galway University hospital being subsequently disciplined. In the email exchange,


Verveer wrote: “In advance of your trip to Ireland, we wanted


to raise a few issues about the case of Savita Halappanavar, the woman who died last month after doctors refused to perform an abortion and waited to remove the fetus until its heartbeat stopped days later. “This is clearly a tragic case.


However, you will want to be aware of the following should you comment publicly.” Three paragraphs are


then redacted by the State Department, which released the correspondence in the latest batch of Mrs Clinton’s emails to be made public in response to the controversy around her use of a private email server for official government business. Verveer continues by saying


that the case had “reopened a decades-old debate in Ireland over whether the government should pass legislation to allow abortion when the life of the mother is at risk”.


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dentists and I feel that there is no reason why we cannot aspire to such a level of membership within the next three years.” Despite a modest increase in


income, from €ı,295,08ı in 20ı4 to €ı,3ı5,036 in 20ı5, the association made an operating loss of €26,454. This has been put in main to the investment in the Learning Management System which allows members to book and pay for CPD courses online, record their own CPD and read and record the Journal of the Irish Dental Association articles. And, while there was a 2 per cent


increase in membership subscriptions from 20ı4, there report highlighted a “very significant” increase in income from training courses, to approximately €30,000 – a 50 per cent increase in 20ı4. This association’s CPD Roadshow


Programme saw more than 500 delegates attend workshops in six different locations nationwide.


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