Mr. Philip Watt:

The card has been a very useful initiative. In fact, we would support it going forward as a public awareness initiative. The key aspect of the change is that the expectation is that people would donate. It is a societal shift. That will become the default for society. The expectation is that people will. At the time, God forbid, where there has been a road accident and next of kin are wondering about donation, if those involved from the medical perspective can say that donation is the expectation, it would be an important shift. However, the family can veto it if they want. It will take a few years for that to come through.

Mr. Murphy is arguing for the introduction of the current English system, which the English have now thrown out as they are bringing in a new system. They have an opt-in and opt-out system and, as Professor Egan stated, only 40% have signed up to that. This system means that there would be a much higher percentage of people consenting.