2025
Ireland’s health service is writing a new model of care.
What the law allows
Medical care for minorsUnder review
Schools — curriculumCSE in schools
Comprehensive sex education (CSE) in schools under the Junior Cycle SPHE specification (2023).
Curriculum Online — Senior Cycle SPHE (2024)
Key dates2025
Official sources
HSE model-of-care work.
Full official record
The HSE is producing a new Model of Care for Gender Healthcare and reviewing the evidence with HSE Library Services. The published page describes search, screening, a 2025 public call for papers, and data extraction.
Schools detail
The official 2023 Junior Cycle SPHE specification, published on curriculumonline.ie and used from first year in September 2023, includes Strand 3 Relationships and sexuality. Learning outcome 3.6 requires pupils to appreciate the breadth of human sexuality and how sexual orientation and gender identity are experienced and expressed in diverse ways. That is official CSE.