David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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377. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the all-Ireland procurement and transplantation service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18962/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Organ Donation and Transplant Ireland (ODTI) maintain the list of patients awaiting transplant in Ireland. ODTI have advised that an individual can only be listed on one transplant waiting list at any one time, excluding patients from being both on the waiting list for Ireland and for the UK. This is based on the Declaration of Istanbul, and international agreement to promote fair and equitable access to organs.

ODTI have advised that they have a bilateral organ sharing agreement with NHSBT in Bristol, who are responsible for transplant waiting lists in Northern Ireland. In the event that there is no local suitable recipient for a donation organs are offered to both NHSBT and Eurotransplant, a transplant group covering a number of European countries.

The Department has previously met with our counterparts in Northern Ireland, and continues to work to progress links with Northern Ireland around organ donation and transplantation. A North/South meeting previously took place in 2021, with a further North/South workshop planned to take place in 2022.