Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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1071. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for organ donation and transplant rates; if they have been achieved to date in 2017; and if not, the progress made towards achieving the targets. [36377/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The emphasis of my Department and HSE Organ Donation Transplantation Ireland (ODTI) is on endeavouring to ensure that we avail of all opportunities for organ donation. In 2016, at total of 280 organ transplants were carried out, the second highest annual performance achieved to date. The Living Kidney Donor Programme reached a milestone of 50 living donor transplants for the first time last year.

It is a reality of organ donation and transplantation that the number of deceased donations will always fluctuate. At the same time, our overall aim is to continue to increase donations and transplantation rates.