Following a long road of political and public consultation, the general scheme of the Human Tissue Bill will be announced by Minister for Health Simon Harris this afternoon.
The bill includes provision for the removal, donation and use of organs and tissues from deceased and living people for the purpose of transplantation. A significant aspect to the proposed bill is an opt-out system of consent for organ donation and for an associated register.The proposed legislation arose out of recommendations made in a report by Dr Deirdre Madden back in 2006.
Ms Madden examined how organs were removed from deceased children without parental consent and her report made suggestions regarding the consent of parents, and next-of-kin. In 2008, the late Senator Feargal Quinn who was an advocate for organ donation introduced a Private Member's Bill called the 'Human Body Organs & Human Tissue Bill'.While Mr Harris published the Heads of the Bill two years ago; the public consultation process was lengthy.
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