Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I had some conversations with my predecessor, when he was Minister for Health, but the issue we discussed was the symbol to appear on the new driving licence. For various reasons, mostly regulatory, we agreed that if someone agrees to donate organs it is reflected in a code on the driving licence. What Senator Daly says makes a lot of sense to me. I am due to meet the organ donation team in the new year and it is something I will put on the agenda for discussion. I imagine there are data protection issues but they could be dealt with because the person, when renewing a licence, could consent to the information being included on a registry. That would be the easiest for transplant nurses in hospitals to have the information online and have access to it. It is a good idea and I will follow up on it.