Written answers

Tuesday, 25 April 2006

Department of Health and Children

Organ Donation

9:00 pm

Photo of Seán HaugheySeán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 144: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the efforts she is making to promote organ donor cards; if the national census under way could be utilised in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14432/06]

Photo of Mary HarneyMary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The annual organ donor awareness campaign, which is organised by the Irish Donor Network and administered by the Irish Kidney Association, highlights the necessity for organ donation generally. The campaign, supported by the Department of Health and Children, highlights the need for organ donors by promoting the carrying of an organ donor card.

The Department of Health and Children has been providing financial support for the donor awareness campaign for several years. The grant this year amounted to €550,000. The Department is advised by the Health Service Executive that arrangements have recently been put in place to facilitate the distribution of organ donor cards throughout the community pharmacy network. The Irish Pharmaceutical Union has arranged with the Irish Kidney Association on behalf of the Irish Donor Network for pharmacies to stock organ donor cards.

In the context of increasing the number of donor organs available for transplant, the Health Service Executive was asked by the Department of Health and Children to undertake a review and analysis of the factors that impact on organ procurement and retrieval rates in hospitals around the country. The review has commenced.

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