Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 July 2011
166 Deputy Stephen Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has brought the report of the gender recognition advisory group to the Cabinet this week; if a timetable has been agreed for its publication; and if she will provide a provisional estimate of when the resulting legislation will be drafted [20525/11]
View answerThe Gender Recognition Group was established last year to advise on the legislation required to give legal recognition to the acquired gender of transsexual or transgendered persons. The report of the group, which I received on 15 June, was submitted to Government this week and is being published today. I cannot be definitive at this stage about when I will be in a position to introduce legislation to give legal recognition to transgendered persons but I would hope to do so later on in the year.
