Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I agree with the Deputy and the person-centred approach is what we want to get to. Everyone is entitled to healthcare. I agree completely with him on the points he raised and I hear his important perspective on the national gender service. It is important that it be articulated here this evening and I hear him clearly on it.

I do not want to get distracted by the WHO definition, which is slightly more technical and does not sit against what we are speaking about in any way. It is not a clinical guideline. It is a classification system. I can give the Deputy more information on that by way of background if it is of assistance. It will not cross over the sort of model of care I want to get to, which sounds like what he is describing. There is no reason to be at cross-purposes on it. Perhaps we can speak about it in more detail. The model of care we are talking about is intended to be based on a consultation - putting people at the centre - with stakeholders, healthcare professionals and crucially those who use and receive support from the services and their families.

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