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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Wexford dentist earned €300k
A WEXFORD Town dentist was among the highest paid in the country – earning over €300,000 last year, new figures reveal.
Ronan Andrew Cuddihy, 27, St John’s Gate Street, Wexford, earned €310,018.
He was among nine dentists nationally who earned more than €300,000 each for treating medical card holders last year. There were no other dentists in county Wexfod who earned over €300,000.
The State payouts to 895 dentists exceeded €79m in total — despite claims by dentists in recent years that the scheme did not pay enough.
Another 59 dentists were paid more than €200,000, according to Health Service Executive figures.
The payments list shows that hundreds more earned over €100,000, although the lowest payments were less than €1,200.
Dentists are free to top up their income with private fees, which were recently said to be 30pc higher than in Northern Ireland.
The profession has been criticised for high prices, which have led to people going to the North or eastern Europe for treatment.
Around 600 dentists left the medical card scheme in recent years because they were dissatisfied with the fees offered, and some patients have to travel long distances to see a dentist.
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