Transgender rights in Ireland

A citizen of Ireland is legally permitted to change the designation of their gender on government documents through self-determination.

On 14 February 2008, the Judge granted a declaration that sections of the Civil Registration Act 2004 were incompatible with Article 8 of the Convention.

The advisory group's report was published in July 2011,[6] There was some controversy over some of its recommendations, notably that married transgender persons would have to divorce before they could be recognised in their new gender.

At the launch of the report, the Minister responsible stated that the Government would introduce gender recognition legislation as soon as possible.

She sought a declaration that the State was obliged to issue her with a new birth certificate designating her gender as female, or that the State was in breach of the Irish Constitution or the European Convention on Human Rights because it had failed to provide her with an effective remedy for the violation of her rights.

It further found that Ireland had only one public trans health provider, which was severely understaffed, and that patients seeking care there were reportedly denied for reasons including being on social welfare, having a diagnosis of ADHD, or not answering a series of "highly sexualized questions" in "the right way", leading many Irish trans people to turn to alternative methods of securing healthcare including the private sector and self-administering hormone therapy.