Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In terms of when the legislation will be enacted, my hope is we will have this tabled for Report and Final Stages in the Dáil in the autumn session, we will, it is hoped, bring it straight into the Seanad, and I will seek to commence it straight away. I hope to enact it this calendar year.

On the Deputy's second question, the way the Bill will work is that it is not that anyone opts in. The default now is that we have opted in. If someone has opted out, then no consent is sought and there is no organ donation. That person has stated themselves that is not something they want if they die.