{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/68c29ce1aca3521c764cd215?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Meath-West TD Questions Health Minister Over Trans People Not Being Allowed to Donate Blood if They Don’t Reveal They Are Trans - 11/09/2025","description":"<p>We were joined on The Agenda this morning by Aontu leader &amp; Meath-West TD Peadar Toibin, who took to social media last night over his question to Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, regarding blood donors being asked if they are still the same sex they were assigned at birth, - Deputy Toibin says that if some donors refuse to answer they are not allowed to donate blood.</p><p><br></p><p>In his post on ‘X’, Deputy Toibin wrote:</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>“I asked the Minister for Health, is she aware that:</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>blood donors are being asked “Are you still the same sex that was assigned to you at birth”.&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>And that some donors are refusing to answer a question that has no basis in science, and they are then not allowed to donate blood”.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Deputy Toibin spoke to us about this. </p><p><br></p>","author_name":"lmfm "}