PQ 73
73. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether it is the school or her Department which bears responsibility under the Bí Cineálta framework, in circumstances where a child is affirmed in a new gender identity at school, but later comes to believe this caused more harm than good; the reason, when numerous education agencies around the world have shifted towards more cautious, clinically-led approaches when working with gender dysphoria in children, her Department is taking a more high-risk approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34572/25]
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73. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether it is the school or her Department which bears responsibility under the Bí Cineálta framework, in circumstances where a child is affirmed in a new gender identity at school, but later comes to believe this caused more harm than good; the reason, when numerous education agencies around the world have shifted towards more cautious, clinically-led approaches when working with gender dysphoria in children, her Department is taking a more high-risk approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34572/25]
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