Séamus Kirk (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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142. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a bilateral arrangement between Ireland and the United Kingdom regarding waiting lists for heart donations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40772/14]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The HSE has a bilateral arrangement in place with the UK National Health Service Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) service. Any organs that are not utilised in Ireland are offered to the UK system through the NHSBT who manage the process of organ donation for all of the UK. Similarly, Ireland is offered organs that are not utilised in the UK.