Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 September 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Engagement with Institute of Public Health

2:00 am

Alison Comyn (Fianna Fail)

We need to get those policies to align.

I almost fell foul of those policy changes when I was getting the surgery because as a HRT user in the Republic, there were very different guidelines when I went to get the surgery. I was told either to come off HRT immediately, which, as we know, would have plunged me into symptoms, or the surgeons would refuse to carry out the surgery. It was very nuanced and particular to a woman of a certain age. I would love to see some sort of investigation or policy change. We should look into those inequalities and where there could be a broader use across the country.

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