Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, when a review of the Gender Recognition Act 2015 is commenced in September 2017, members of the transgender and intersex communities and those that provide services directly to transgender persons, particularly transgender youth and non binary persons, will be represented in the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37926/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The precise format of the review, under Section 7 of the Gender Recognition Act 2015 has not, as yet, been decided. However since the commencement of the Act my Department has been working with other relevant Departments, particularly the Departments of Education and Skills and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs on the implementation of the legislation. I am aware that both of those Departments are already working with the various stakeholders on issues regarding transgender persons and in particular, transgender child issues. This engagement with the relevant stakeholders will continue to inform and greatly assist the review when it begins in 2017.