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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 359. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 6 December 2023, if he is aware of a statement by an organisation (details supplied) on the appointment of a Clinical Lead for Transgender Services; and if he will agree to meet with transgender community groups to discuss the lack of engagement with them to date. [4703/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 360. To ask the Minister for Health the reason in his comments on the appointment of a Clinical Lead for Transgender Services (details supplied) he portrayed the disagreement on trans youth healthcare as one between two clinical teams without any reference to the trans community themselves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4705/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 361. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the National Gender Service’s complaint to HIQA made late in 2023; and the resolution they are hoping for. [4706/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 362. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 6 December 2023, to confirm that for transgender adults that treatment decisions are clinical matters between the patient and their choice of clinician. [4707/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 363. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 6 December 2023, what evidence base backs the necessity of a comprehensive holistic multidisciplinary assessment prior to hormone therapy. [4708/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 364. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 6 December 2023, whether the National Gender Service believes that providing transgender care virtually is unsafe; and if so, on what basis. [4709/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 366. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 6 December 2023, if hormone concentrations are unrelated to risk the reason the National Gender Service’s recommendations for endocrine care consider higher than recommended testosterone concentrations an elevated risk for thromboembolic and liver disease. [4711/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 367. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 6 December 2023, what are the benefits of monitoring hormone concentrations. [4712/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 368. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 6 December 2023, if the National Gender Service only provides solicited advice in relation to the provision of transgender healthcare by other services. [4713/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 369. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 6 December 2023, what evidence base supports the claim that the most common complications of medical transition are decline in social and-or occupational function, and deterioration of mental health. [4714/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 365. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 6 December 2023, if he is aware as outlined in a recent article (details supplied) that EU telehealth services are not in contravention of medical council guidelines; and what steps will be taken to ensure that GPs that the National Gender Service have previously contacted will have the correct information. [4710/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 370. To ask the Minister for Health what services the National Gender Service provides to patients during the assessment process. [4715/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 371. To ask the Minister for Health how many people have died by suicide while on the waiting list for an initial assessment by the National Gender Service. [4716/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 372. To ask the Minister for Health under what circumstances the National Gender Service considers it appropriate to stop providing hormones to a transgender person without their consent. [4717/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 373. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Gender Service turns away patients for being unemployed. [4718/24]

Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: I agree with the point of bringing into line how Ukrainians and other asylum seekers are treated. The question is whether we go down to how asylum seekers are treated with inhumanity or go up to how Ukrainians were treated with basic humanity. Sinn Féin and the Government are saying that we should level down to the level of inhumanity. Sinn Féin's position was for the scrapping...

Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: Could the Minister live on €38.80 per week?

Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: So why is the Government ending it?

Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: Do not treat people like that. Reducing the payment to €38.80 a week; the Minister is a disgrace.

Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

Paul Murphy: The Minister was at pains to emphasise how much Ireland has done, how proud we are of the people we have taken in and so on. However, she wants to cut the payments to Ukrainians. She wants people to live on €38.80 a week while living in overcrowded and inadequate emergency accommodation. She thinks that is okay, and so does Sinn Féin. In fact, it is pretty poor. Would the...