1525. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting time for those seeking transgender health care (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that just to be first seen is now a waiting time of over two and a half years; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that according to a study carried out, this kind of waiting time is actively dangerous, considering the rates of both suicidal ideation and attempts among pretransition trans people; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that patients are forced to answer invasive questions regarding their sexuality, including various sex acts they have engaged in, the number of partners they have been with and the genders of these partners; his views on whether such questions are of zero clinical necessity; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that patients have reportedly been refused treatment on the basis of them being autistic or having ADHD. [63493/21]

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1525. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting time for those seeking transgender health care (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that just to be first seen is now a waiting time of over two and a half years; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that according to a study carried out, this kind of waiting time is actively dangerous, considering the rates of both suicidal ideation and attempts among pretransition trans people; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that patients are forced to answer invasive questions regarding their sexuality, including various sex acts they have engaged in, the number of partners they have been with and the genders of these partners; his views on whether such questions are of zero clinical necessity; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that patients have reportedly been refused treatment on the basis of them being autistic or having ADHD. [63493/21]

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