Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Pádraig Rice - PQ 73113-25
Deputy Rice asked if pharmacists participating in the free HRT scheme have been advised to investigate if a patient is transgender. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: December 2025
Updated: January 2026
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Question from Deputy Pádraig Rice - PQ 73113-25
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health if pharmacists participating in the free HRT scheme have been advised on a matter by the PCRS ( that when they suspect a patient's sex assigned at birth differs from that on their medical records, they should investigate whether the patient is transgender ); if so, the legal basis on which this is done; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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