Healthcare Policy

Tuesday, 21 October 2025

Ceisteanna (842)

Conor D McGuinness

Ceist:

842. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 336 and 337 of 15 October 2025, the reason her Department has produced documents stating transgender individuals are excluded from the scheme, despite the diagnosis of any medical condition and the prescribing of treatment for said condition being a matter for a patient and healthcare provider; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57277/25]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Health (Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill)

The document referred to by the Deputy was provided to the then Minister for Health as supplementary briefing material in the course of the legislative process in relation to the now enacted Health Insurance (Amendment) and Health (Provision of Menopause Products) Act 2024. The briefing material relates to the eligibility of the HRT measure to those whose healthcare provider has prescribed HRT to alleviate the symptoms of menopause.

This measure is intended to support the management of the symptoms of menopause and, therefore, relates to the provision of treatment for the symptoms a specific medical condition/life stage i.e. menopause.

The diagnosis of any medical condition and the prescribing of treatment for said condition is a matter for a patient and healthcare provider to discuss.