The issue is that while other medical bodies, such as the National Gender Service, will medically intervene to treat gender dysphoria only after a patient has undergone a detailed psychiatric assessment, TENI has repeatedly advocated for bypassing this fundamental safeguard in favour of an alternative online service. Regarding a detailed psychiatric assessment and a time-consuming and rigorous mental health practice, in the eyes of a senior TENI staff a Zoom call with a remote doctor and the permission of parents is more than enough to be getting on with for giving puberty blockers and hormone replacement treatment to teenagers. The remote service itself, GenderGP, was founded by a man who has been struck off the UK medical register for failure to provide adequate care for trans patients as young as nine. His wife, the co-founder, was suspended for two months last week for the failure to provide proper care to patients aged 12 and 17 and to discuss fertility issues with an 11-year-old girl. Under this system, young people experiencing gender dysphoria who are being railroaded into medical intervention will not experience such feelings without a proper, necessary, medical, psychiatric assessment and care that should be an absolute prerequisite. This is a child safety issue. We should have an independent report commissioned on this practice and a debate scheduled for this purpose after the summer recess.

Regarding a number of contributors yesterday and today on the surrogacy report, I can only say it is very clear I am the subject of an ongoing hate campaign. I think-----

There are two things. The Senator is over time, for a start.

We cannot have another day of falsities on the record of this House.

That is not appropriate. Senator Keogan is out of time.

The Senator should have been here earlier. The public will ultimately decide who the bullies were in this surrogacy meeting.

The Leas-Chathaoirleach is allowing falsehoods to go on the record of this House.

You only have to look at the debate, the body language and the proposers of this one-sided-----

The Senator is over time. She can raise this another day.

-----emotion-driven report to find the real bullies.

The Senator is abusing confidentiality and privilege.

The Senator, with no interruption.

In all fairness, Senator Seery Kearney had her say.

I ask the Senator to please sit down. She is finished now.

Senator Ruane had her say yesterday.

The Senator will have another opportunity. She has made the point very well.

I should not have to-----

The Senator had a choice in the use of her speaking time in the House and she did not use it.

It is all right for Senator Seery Kearney to say what she wants but it is not okay for Senator Keogan. That is not good enough.

Thank you. I call Senator McGahon.