231. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the reason organ donation and transplantation activity fell to 202 transplants in 2025 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44370/26]
Topics / Organ Donation
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsOrgan Donation
23 questions from 13 TDs, between 11 February 2025 and 10 June 2026.
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232. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on organ transplant waiting lists, including the number awaiting a kidney transplant; the steps being taken to increase transplant activity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44371/26]
873. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals who have opted out of the HSE donor opt-out system since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28536/26]
2000. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health her plans to raise awareness of the new organ donation consent legislation as awareness levels are very low; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19909/26]
2002. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health her plans to raise public awareness of new laws pertaining to organ donation; and the public information measures that will be put in place this year. [19915/26]
1112. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health to report on current number of people opting out of organ donation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9899/26]
1113. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health her views on plans the HSE has to increase organ donations in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9900/26]
1114. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health to report on the most current organ donation refusal rate and consent rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9901/26]
1115. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health to report on the most common reason stated for refusing to donate organs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9902/26]
1116. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health to report on the average wait time for a transplant, by organ for the most recent data available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9903/26]
1117. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health to report on the current number of people awaiting transplant by organ; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9904/26]
1118. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health to report on the number of people for most recent data available who were removed from the transplant wait list for reasons other than receiving a transplant and then died within 90 days of removal from the list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9905/26]
2102. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the percentage of people who presented to the living donor programme in Beaumont Hospital as willing potential living kidney donors who became actual living kidney donors in each of the years 2018 to 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74162/25]
2200. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of an issue in relation to the organ donation opt-out register (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45044/25]
2201. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the number of applications processed by the new organ donation opt-out register system, by month, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45045/25]
2202. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the number of complaints received by the HSE in relation to the new organ donation opt-out register system, by month, in tabular form; if a manual mechanism will be created to allow individuals opt out where the system fails to record their preference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45046/25]
98. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health to report on the changes to the organ donation framework; the number of those opting out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34323/25]
887. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason the address is needed for the opt out register of the organ donation scheme (details supplied). [34339/25]
888. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have registered their opt out register of the organ donation scheme in the first week of the portal going live. [34340/25]
931. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of key organ donation personnel in intensive care units. [16873/25]
1611. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of key organ donation personnel in intensive care units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11273/25]
1626. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to provide and update on the Human Tissue Act 2024 with regard to organ donation opt out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11367/25]
678. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the status of the organ donation opt-out register which is to be put in place under the Human Tissue Act 2024; when it is expected that the register will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4584/25]