Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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302. To ask the Minister for Health to provide further details in relation to the Budget 2024 allocation to the transgender model of care; the status of plans to develop an updated model of care and appoint a clinical lead for transgender services; the timeline he is working towards; to confirm if the new model will adhere to the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5846/24]

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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303. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports of transgender patients resorting to self-medicating and self-administrating practices, as a result of inadequate trans healthcare services (details supplied); the steps he is taking to address issues with the National Gender Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5847/24]

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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304. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for an instruction to GPs from the National Gender Service (details supplied); the evidence base for this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5848/24]

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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305. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the National Gender Service continues to take the position that transgenderism is a mental health disorder, despite the Word Health Organisation's guidelines which state that it is not (details supplied); the evidence base for this position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5849/24]