Moving dentists to vaccination programme will cause 'irreparable damage' to children, says IDA IDA President, Dr Anne O’Neill said that the organisation had “lost faith” in the Department of Health to implement change. By Tadgh McNally Saturday 8 May 2021, 1:53 PM 1 hour ago 8,982 Views 6 Comments Stock image Image: Shutterstock/Anna Jurkovska THE IRISH DENTAL Association (IDA) has said that moving public sector dentists to the vaccination programme will cause “irreparable damage” to children and vulnerable adults. Speaking at the IDA’s AGM this morning, outgoing IDA President Dr Anne O’Neill said that while dentists are willing to be used as vaccinators, their absence from the public sector will create a lack of early intervention.