Non-Binary and Intersex Recognition Bill 2026
Public bill · Private Member · Introduced
The Non-Binary and Intersex Recognition Bill 2026 would allow people in Ireland to have their legal gender recorded as non-binary, with an “X” option on gender recognition certificates. It would also allow an “X” or unspecified/intersex marker in birth, stillbirth, adoption and death registers, and protect intersex people from discrimination at work and in services.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the recognition of a non-binary gender and for those born intersex; to amend the Gender Recognition Act 2015 to recognise a non-binary gender; to amend the Interpretation Act 2005 to include a non-binary gender; to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 to allow qualified informants to record an X on Registers for Births, Stillbirths, Adoptions, and Death; to amend the Equal Status Act 2000 and the Employment Equality Act 1998 to outlaw discrimination based on sexual characteristics.
Last updated 25 September 2026
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