Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 69427-25
Deputy O'Flynn asked about the decision-making framework when children and young people are sent abroad for gender-identity assessment or treatment.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: December 2025
Updated: January 2026
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Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 69427-25
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health the governance, referral and decision-making framework that operated when Irish children and young people were sent abroad for gender-identity assessment or treatment, including the basis on which the Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service and University College Hospital London were used; and the policy reviews undertaken following the closure of Tavistock.
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