Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 71075-25
Deputy O'Flynn asked about the clinical safeguards for the assessment and treatment of children and young people with gender distress. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: December 2025
Updated: January 2026
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Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 71075-25
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health the interim clinical safeguards she has directed the HSE to introduce for the assessment and treatment of children and young people with gender distress in response to the Cass Review; the guidance her Department has issued to CAMHS and Children’s Health Ireland on the application of a precautionary approach; and the timeframe for finalising updated national clinical guidance.
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