Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 24 October 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

General Scheme of Gender Recognition Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed)

10:05 am

Ms Yvonne Woods:

Certainly. This is a retrograde step which seems to reintroduce dependence on medical certification.

We suggest that a number of other people could support the person's declaration and that the primary core document required should be the person's own declaration.