Departmental Meetings

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 April 2025

Tuesday, 8 April 2025

Questions (273)

Richard Boyd Barrett

Question:

273. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing the impact of a new, non-binary, category of gender on existing legislation; when he is planning the next meeting with the representatives from the Department for Social Protection to investigate legislative implications of non-binary gender recognition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17535/25]

Written answers

Tánaiste and Minister for Defence

The Gender Recognition Act comes under the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Social Protection.

I am advised that the report of the Review Group for the Gender Recognition Act included a recommendation 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 that the setting up of an interdepartmental working group, by the Department of Social Protection, to facilitate this impact assessment will include all Government departments.