445. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health her currents plans to address issues regarding parents who are transgender not being recognised as the parents of their children. [74995/26]
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958. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the arrangements under which women are called for examinations under the BreastCheck screening programme; and whether persons who were born male and who are deemed to be "female" by a certificate granted under section 13 of the Gender Recognition Act 2015 are called for examinations under the programme. [45519/26]
2078. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health for a status update on a new building for the national gender service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42583/26]
685. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any formal evidential appraisal framework was applied before WPATH Standards of Care Version 7 was referenced within the 2019 CAAC application underpinning the National Gender Service Model of Care. [41254/26]
686. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any independent systematic evidence review was undertaken by the HSE, Department of Health, CAAC, or any external adviser before reliance was placed upon WPATH Standards of Care within the consultant child and adolescent psychiatry post application approved under the 2018 National Gender Service Model of Care. [41255/26]
687. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE conducted any written clinical safety assessment, medico-legal assessment, child safeguarding assessment, or governance review concerning the use of WPATH Standards of Care in services relating to children and adolescents prior to the approval of the consultant psychiatry post referenced in Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 10 December 2025. [41256…
688. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the names and governance positions of the individuals, committees, or national clinical structures involved in approving the wording contained in the 2019 CAAC application referencing WPATH Standards of Care Version 7. [41257/26]
689. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE retains copies of the full CAAC application submitted in December 2019 relating to the consultant child and adolescent psychiatry post approved under the National Gender Service Model of Care; and whether the Minister will arrange for a copy to be furnished. [41258/26]
690. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any concerns, objections, reservations, or governance issues were recorded internally during the approval or recruitment process relating to the proposed consultant child and adolescent psychiatry post approved under the National Gender Service Model of Care. [41259/26]
756. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has set any target date for the establishment of a national data collection system relating to gender-related healthcare services for minors. [36383/26]
757. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any interim governance framework currently exists pending completion of the proposed updated model of care for gender-related healthcare services for minors. [36384/26]
758. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any formal audit process is currently applied to gender-related healthcare services for minors funded directly or indirectly by the State. [36385/26]
759. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any official has been assigned responsibility for overseeing the development of governance and audit structures relating to gender-related healthcare services for minors. [36386/26]
760. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the absence of a national data collection system for gender-related healthcare services for minors has been identified as a governance or patient-safety risk. [36387/26]
761. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department has received any timeline from the HSE regarding the introduction of audit and monitoring mechanisms for gender-related healthcare services for minors. [36388/26]
762. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any external expert review has been commissioned concerning governance arrangements for gender-related healthcare services for minors. [36389/26]
763. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national standards currently exist governing clinical oversight, outcome monitoring, or long-term follow-up in respect of gender-related healthcare services for minors. [36390/26]
764. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department intends to publish the future governance framework for gender-related healthcare services for minors once completed. [36391/26]
765. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the absence of structured national monitoring systems for gender-related healthcare services for minors has been discussed with HIQA, the Mental Health Commission or any other oversight body. [36392/26]
504. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health in light of confirmation that no structured national data collection system currently exists in respect of gender-related healthcare services, whether her Department has conducted any formal risk assessment regarding the operation of such services in the absence of comprehensive national data; and if so, to provide details of that assessment, including date, scope…
505. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she accepts that the absence of a national dataset capturing referral numbers, treatments, outcomes and associated costs for minors accessing gender-related healthcare represents a governance gap; and if so, the steps being taken at Departmental level to address this. [33657/26]
506. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to specify the current governance and accountability framework at departmental level for oversight of gender-related healthcare services for minors, including the identification of the office or official with ultimate responsibility for policy and clinical oversight. [33658/26]
508. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she has sought or received any assurance from the HSE that adequate clinical governance, audit, and safeguarding mechanisms are currently in place for gender-related healthcare services for minors; and if so, to outline the basis of such assurances. [33660/26]
510. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has undertaken any evaluation of the financial governance arrangements associated with gender-related healthcare services for minors, including expenditure tracking, cost controls, or value-for-money assessment; and if so, to provide details. [33662/26]
511. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she considers it appropriate that gender-related healthcare services for minors are currently operating in the absence of a completed national model of care, national audit structures, and comprehensive data collection systems; and if so, the basis for that position. [33663/26]