Calls for gender confirmation surgery to be made available in Ireland

Noah Halpin, Community Aid Officer of the Transgender Equality Network Ireland, said the Treatment Abroad Scheme is complicated for patients because they must have a sign-off from a consultant based in Ireland.

The HSE has approved over 200 Irish residents to undergo gender confirmation surgery abroad over the past nine years.

The procedures were mainly carried out in the UK and Germany at a cost of over €600,000 to the State.