Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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523. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the clinical purpose of the National Gender Service having nine adults on GnRHa alone as referenced in a 2022 report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3892/24]

Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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524. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the National Gender Service's views on progesterone therapy and the medical literature which underpins this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3893/24]

Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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525. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the gender services whose assessment is considered sufficient to avoid having to repeat an initial assessment by the National Gender Service; the number of referrals to the National Gender Service which did not have to repeat an initial assessment in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3894/24]

Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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526. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the evidence to support a claim by the National Gender Service on a recent television programme (details supplied) that prior to the use of blockers, most gender non-conforming children through puberty became comfortable with their bodies and assigned gender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3895/24]

Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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527. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the National Gender Service's views on the exploratory or questioning model of care, as referenced on a recent television programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3896/24]

Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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528. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the National Gender Service's views on the harms and benefits of monitoring the hormone concentrations of people accessing transgender services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3897/24]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 523, 524, 525, 526, 527 and 528 together.

As this is a service matter I have referred the question to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.