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Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: We will get the section in the Bill that references that for the Deputy.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: 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...

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: There will be a register available and there will be a full public communications campaign. At the time, people will be able to put themselves on an opt-out register and say they do not want to be organ donor.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I will get back to the Deputy with the exact details, but essentially, if somebody opts out, no consent is sought. It does not matter what the family thinks; the person is out. If you have not opted out, you are presumed to have opted in. In that case, there is a hierarchy of family members. If it is your partner, your husband or your wife, then they are the designated family member....

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I think that is exactly what Deputy Burke just asked. We are just getting the detailed answer to that.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Yes, let us reflect on it. I have been thinking about it myself over recent days. For what it is worth, I would be worried that if we have both, it will create uncertainty. Imagine the situation the Deputy is talking about where there is a family and one person is saying "Yes" and the other person is saying "No". They might say the person did not opt in, and if they had wanted this to...

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I am sure they could.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Let us take a look.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Yes, we will take a look at that.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 2: In page 9, to delete lines 29 and 30 and substitute the following: “(b) a registered nurse or registered midwife within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011, or”.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 3: In page 10, to delete lines 25 to 27 and substitute the following: “ “pathologist” means a registered medical practitioner who is qualified by virtue of his or her training and expertise to perform post-mortem examinations;”.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I fully support the intent behind the amendment. I do not propose to accept it in the Bill but for good reason. Let me lay out why. Organ Donation and Transplant Ireland, ODTI, advises on the resource and staffing requirements for organ donation and transplant services. That is the organisation with responsibility for the national system. The good news is that this review for which the...

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The amendment asks for a report examining the adequacy of the infrastructure and the resources required, including intensive care beds and healthcare professionals. That is exactly what ODTI is doing. I hope that we will have exactly what the Deputy is looking for later on this year. Therefore, in a year's time, when the report this amendment seeks would be done, we would already have the...

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: -----all of the resources.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I will be asking. I imagine we will all be asking.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: No. I hear the Deputy. ODTI compiles annual reports as well, so we are going to have exactly what the Deputy is looking for but we are going to have it a year earlier. We are also going to have it in a very comprehensive way that not only lays out the adequacy, but identifies the gaps and gives Government targets to fill them.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 6: In page 29, to delete lines 31 to 33 and substitute the following: “(5) A non-directed altruistic donor may not direct or specify that his or her organ shall, or shall not, be donated to a person of a particular class or classes of persons.”.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 7: In page 36, to delete line 34.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE broadly. The HSE does public awareness campaigns all the time.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Let me take a look. In terms of donor cards, apps and codes on the driving licence, we are not suggesting these be abolished. The Irish Kidney Association itself played an instrumental role in setting these up.