This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
The government needs to stop allowing gender-confused children to be referred to some "transgender" clinics, according to a warning from two gender experts.
The warning was included in a formal complaint filed with the National Information and Quality Authority in the Republic of Ireland, according to a report from the Christian Institute.
It is Donal O'Shea and Paul Moran of the National Gender Service who filed the criticism, objecting to the actions of the Health Service Executive in referring gender-confused children to those "trans-affirming" clinics in other countries.
The Institute reported: "The clinicians highlighted 'a series of cases as examples of harm and risk caused to Irish children by these services.'"
Their concern is that those clinics ignore other issues in the child's life, and that can lead to "social avoidance," and "functional impairment."
The Institute report explained, "Ireland does not have specialist psychological services for gender-confused children. Instead, they were referred to the notorious NHS Tavistock clinic in London, until it stopped accepting new referrals in October 2022. According to the HSE, 229 children were referred to the Tavistock between 2015 and 2022."
O'Shea pointed out that starting in 2016, the National Gender Service started seeing young adults who "clearly" were not ready for the radical treatments to which they were subjected at Tavistock.
And the fact they were not ready, but "well underway with their transition" resulted in "great mental health difficulties" for them.
The problem-plagued London clinic is due to close in the coming months following an independent report by Dr. Hilary Cass that concluded it was not a "safe or viable long-term option."
Only weeks ago, the report said, O’Shea had criticized HSE for inviting activists to create a trans-affirming clinical pathway because that would be "dangerous and goes against all emerging evidence of the need to be safe and careful."
Under one proposal children would be referred to a clinic in Belgium run by Vanessa Lacey, who was described as a former senior manager at the trans-promoting Transgender Equality Network Ireland.
O'Shea said, "It’s more important to speak out when there is a culture in an organization that is prepared to lie, intimidate, mislead" and use "funds to put vulnerable individuals at incredible risk."
The newest studies show that those individuals who have unwanted gender dysphoria and get counseling to help them deal with those issues have a lower suicide rate.
Northern Ireland's National Gender Service is based at St. Columcille's Hospital in Loughlinstown in Dublin.
