Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 15851-26
Deputy O'Flynn asked about the policy evaluation of international clinical guidance, including the WPATH Standards of Care. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: February 2026
Updated: March 2026
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Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 15851-26
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health whether a formal methodological review, evidence appraisal, or structured policy evaluation of international clinical guidance, including the WPATH Standards of Care, was undertaken between 2018 and 2023 prior to adoption or application within Irish healthcare services; if so, to provide the title and date of such review; and if not, to explain the basis upon which those standards informed Irish clinical practice.
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