Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We will publish it in July, but the legal advice is that we will not be able to introduce it in the Oireachtas. That is line with the marriage equality legislation, as well as the Adoption (Amendment) Bill which was not introduced until 3 May 2015. The Bill will be transgender-inclusive and we will also be dealing with the issue of exclusion zones. Other matters are for inclusion in the clinical guidelines, but I will welcome submissions in that regard.

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