Dr. Colman O'Loughlin:

I will be brief. What I want to do is drill down a little into what Dr. Dwyer has mentioned. I also represent the Intensive Care Society of Ireland, which in turn represents the consultants working in intensive care medicine throughout the country. The committee has a copy of our position statement on presumed consent addressed to the Minister. Our position is that we favour staying as we are with an opt-in situation. That was not a unanimous position. It was a majority decision. Dr. Dwyer explained that many people had different views.