David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

----- and something that can be discerned by a doctor. One does not diagnose health, one diagnosis illness. To require a transsexual or transgender person to produce a medical diagnosis is clearly tantamount to saying he or she is ill. I do not think that is so. There was a stage when many people thought these people were in the immortal words of former councillor Ned Brennan "funny bunnies". We do not think that any longer. They are part of the spectrum of life and have exactly the same rights as everybody else.

It is quite offensive to look for medical evaluation and diagnosis. What has that got to do with anything?