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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 June 2021

Tuesday, 22 June 2021

Questions (606, 608)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

606. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the persons or bodies that oversee the purchasing and administration of puberty blockers to be utilised in gender transitions. [25841/21]

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Peadar Tóibín

Question:

608. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if a review has been conducted by his Department or the HSE of the side effects of puberty blockers in view of recent reports from England questioning their utility. [25843/21]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 606 and 608 together.

As these Parliamentary Questions relate to operational issues, it is a matter for the HSE.

However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to restore its IT capacity and resume normal services. Members of the Oireachtas will be advised as soon as the HSE is again in a position to provide responses to PQs and are encouraged to resubmit their Parliamentary Questions at that point.

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