Professor Jim Egan:

There would be about 20 altogether. They would be a mixture of doctors, retrieval surgeons and nurse specialists. Other jurisdictions have invested heavily in this area because there is such a benefit to the health service, particularly in dialysis because we save patients' lives, such as that of Orla Tinsley. We all know about Joe Brolly's altruistic donation and there is extraordinary, but welcome, downward pressure on organ donation rates as road traffic accidents reduce but it is much more complicated than when I started 30 years ago. We need the infrastructure to support the transition from donation to transplant.