Mary White (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We do not know; I was tempted to say today how many, but I am not going to.

I plead with the Minister of State with regard to this issue. It is not a populist one. People are not out on the streets shouting and roaring that they want all this change to happen, but we have to educate the public about this issue in that there are people who have a problem because they are not happy in the gender they were born in. The Minister of State cannot say that he will not come back to this issue on Report Stage. He has a moral responsibility to listen to us. That is all I have to say about it. We need to have a national conversation about this issue as well to inform the people of Ireland because they are not aware of it. There is no doubt about that because my husband was not aware of it and he does not miss much. I ask the Minister of State to withdraw his comment that he would not come back to it on Report Stage. He has a responsibility in this respect.