Ms Noreen O'Halloran:

Deputy Kelleher asked why we have so few donors and I reiterate what Ms Quinn said, namely, it is simply about a lack of education and information. Like everything, unless the issue is at a person's doorstep or there is experience of the matter, people will not be educated enough. For example, after I received my transplant I was asked if I would still need dialysis. I was often asked if I could miss dialysis and as I noted in the presentation, somebody recently asked me what dialysis is. People do not understand the issue and the education just is not there. If people had more information, they would be more likely to keep a donor card.