Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 70457-25
Deputy O'Flynn asked about the policy rationale used when approving the 2021 consultant post in child and adolescent psychiatry. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: December 2025
Updated: February 2026
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Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 70457-25
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health the policy rationale used by the Department when approving the 2021 consultant post in child and adolescent psychiatry requiring adherence to WPATH Standards of Care; and whether this requirement will now be reviewed or withdrawn in light of international evidence and the Cass Review.
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