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Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

Mark Daly: Steady on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Mark Daly: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I, too, pay tribute to the families who have in the most awful of circumstances given the gift of life to complete strangers. I pay tribute to the late Senator Feargal Quinn who championed this case long before it was popular, and long before people were aware of the consequences of not having a functioning organ donation system, which we currently do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Mark Daly: What hospitals have not provided any organ donors in the past decade?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Mark Daly: There is no hospital with an emergency department that did not provide an organ donor. Kenmare hospital did not provide any organ donor. Has any fully resourced hospital with an emergency department not provided organ donors in the past five years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Mark Daly: The answer is "No". That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Mark Daly: I have been told that certain fully functioning hospitals with an emergency department do not have a system to deal with requests and that such requests are made on an ad hocbasis. The legislation does not address this issue. That is why pre-legislative scrutiny is important. The Bill should have a section to require hospitals to have a system in place. I admit that not all hospitals have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Mark Daly: Exactly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Mark Daly: It comes down to a systems failure. If it is not being measured, it is not being done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Mark Daly: I suggest the legislation require the publication of the number of donations made by each hospital. We accept that there are quirks, but it should not come down to the fact that one hospital has an enthusiastic nurse or consultant and another does not. There should be a properly resourced system in place. Will the position on the issue related to cardiac deaths change under the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Mark Daly: Can I take Mr. Watt back to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Mark Daly: We all agree that presumed consent, a soft opt-out or any other system should not be brought forward without proper resources. The donor audit report showed evidence of the value of the register and the role of specialist nurses, on which we all agree. Does Mr. Watt agree that, if families were informed that their loved ones wanted to be donors, as demonstrated by a driving licence or a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Mark Daly: I am just asking whether Mr. Watt agrees with the information we have seen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Mark Daly: Does Mr. Watt agree that the information we have is correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Mark Daly: What I am saying is this legislation does not-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Mark Daly: We all agree that specialist organ donor nurses are required.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Mark Daly: It is not a case of one or the other. They are required. We have seen, however, that if families do not know the intentions of their loved ones, the chances of their allowing organs to be donated when asked by a nurse are approximately 57%. If they know that their loved one wanted to be a donor, as opposed to being among the 2% to 5% of people who do not want to be donors, the chances that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Mark Daly: No, can I just ask-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Mark Daly: I just want to ask this question. Why does the legislation not provide for what actually works?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Mark Daly: It is not a donor consent system but just a list of those who have opted out. It does not state who has opted in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination, and Public Display) Bill 2018: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Mark Daly: It gave up because it introduced the concept of presumed consent.