03 Profile
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Hansard to 9 November 2026 · 31,243 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Dentistry access
Ciara Gallagher: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Ciara Gallagher
Chair of the British Dental Association's Northern Ireland Dental Practice Committee
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press citations on 1 topic since 14 Apr 2026 · last quoted 18 Jun 2026
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Ciara Gallagher: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Chair of the British Dental Association's Northern Ireland Dental Practice Committee
- Quoted on
- Dentistry access
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 18 Jun 2026
- First quoted
- 14 Apr 2026
04 The signal · where Ciara Gallagher sits on dentistry access
Ranked 15= of 100 voices quoted in the press on dentistry access, level with 20 others on 2 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Eddie CrouchUnionChair of the Principal Executive Committee (BDA Chair), British Dental Association31 - 2
Shiv PabaryClinicianChair, General Dental Practice Committee, British Dental Association19 - 3
Jason WongRegulatorChief Dental Officer for England, NHS England (joint appointment with the Department of Health and Social Care, based in NHS England)14 - 15=Len D'CruzSector leaderpractice owner and Head of BDA indemnity2
- 15=Dr Esmail HarunaniBusiness leaderPrincipal Director, Dentistry For You (Harunani & Co Group of Dental Surgeries)2
- 15=Ciara GallagherSector leaderChair of the British Dental Association's Northern Ireland Dental Practice Committee2
- 15=Professor Jamie ReadAcademicDean of Lincoln Medical School2
- 15=Professor David MaguireAcademicVice-chancellor of the University of East Anglia2
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05 On the record · press
What Ciara Gallagher has said
By outlet · linked articles
- dentistry.co.uk2
Where Ciara Gallagher has been quoted
- 01Less than half of Northern Ireland registered with a health service dentistdentistry.co.uk · 18 Jun 2026
- 02Funding increase for Northern Irish dentistry deemed ‘insufficient’ as full £8m package confirmeddentistry.co.uk · 14 Apr 2026
Verbatim
“New figures show that the writing really is on the wall for health service dentistry in Northern Ireland.”
“Elements of this package are clearly hard-won but are insufficient to draw a line under the crisis we now face. Ultimately, this isn't a "stabilisation" plan if it can't bring struggling practices back from the brink.”
Related media coverage
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