Minister: Oireachtas children's committee is best forum to examine transgender issues

Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys proposed the Oireachtas as the best forum to discuss the 'very sensitive issue' of changes in the 2015 Gender Recognition Act. File picture: Lorraine Teevan

Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys has said she believes the Oireachtas committee on children is the best forum to examine transgender issues.

Ms Humphreys is responsible for enacting changes to the 2015 Gender Recognition Act as part of Fine Gael’s 2020 Programme for Government, which could allow 16- and 17-year-olds to self-declare their gender without seeing a specialist.