Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 April 2025
568. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if his Department is involved in the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing legislative impacts of non-binary gender marker inclusion on official documents; what are the key legal considerations for including non-binary gender markers on legal documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15552/25]
View answerThe Gender Recognition Act comes under the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Social Protection.
I am advised by the Department of Social Protection that the report of the Review Group for the Gender Recognition Act under section 7 of the Act included, at recommendation 2A, that legal recognition should be made available to people who are non-binary. This recommendation will, in part, be informed by an impact assessment on existing legislation that would arise by providing for a new, non-binary, category of gender.
I am further advised by the Department of Social Protection that the setting up of an interdepartmental working group to facilitate this impact assessment will include all Government departments.
