Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal East, Labour)
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223. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated wait time for new referrals for a first appointment with the National Gender Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6588/25]

Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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224. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 816 of 22 October 2024, the reason the planning for the development of the new transgender HSE Model of Care does not include any patient representative groups. [6640/25]

Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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225. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 817 of 22 October 2024, the specific international guidelines on the management of transgender persons the transgender clinic in University Hospital Galway was referring to regarding hormone targets and weight. [6641/25]

Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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226. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1439 of 22 January 2025, if the National Gender Service can provide a list of the companies and services that have operated in contravention of Irish Medical Council guidelines; which specific guidelines they contravened; and if the Irish Medical Council guidelines apply to each of these companies and services, in tabular form. [6642/25]

Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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227. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1439 of 22 January 2025, if there is no risk associated with hormone concentrations, the reason page ten of the National Gender Service’s ‘Recommendations for Endocrine Care in the National Gender Service’ version 3.0 warn about the risks of thromboembolic disease for oestrogen concentrations over 600 pmol/L. [6643/25]

Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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228. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1440 of 22 January 2025, the page number and exact text from each of the referenced documents that indicate that puberty blockers have led to bone fractures, in tabular form. [6644/25]

Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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229. To ask the Minister for Health if the common issue of transgender people being denied key blood tests by their GPs will be in scope for the Model of Care being developed by the HSE. [6645/25]

Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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230. To ask the Minister for Health when the National Gender Service's meetings with the Northern Irish health services started; and when was the most recent meeting. [6646/25]

Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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231. To ask the Minister for Health the number of transgender youth who initiated puberty blockers and or HRT in Children's Hospital Ireland at Crumlin since the start of 2021, by year, in tabular form. [6647/25]

Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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232. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that while employed to develop the HSEs transgender model of care, staff of the programme have written to GPs discouraging them from providing essential blood tests for their transgender patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6648/25]

Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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233. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Gender Service can provide a source for the claim by their staff in a recent interview (details supplied) that in the UK and other countries there is approximately a four to one gender ratio for transgender youth coming forward. [6649/25]

Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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234. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the National Gender Service listed the clinical lead of the HSEs Gender Healthcare Programme as a contact for informal enquiries in a recent job posting for a senior medical social worker. [6650/25]

Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.