The Irish Kidney Association

CONSULTATION ON CONSENT FOR ORGAN DONATION

Friday 13th February, 2009

The Coach House, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2

Mark Murphy,
Chief Executive
Irish Kidney Association

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Consent for the Donation of Organs after Death for Transplantation

The Government has approved the preparation of the General Scheme and Heads of a Human Tissue Bill to regulate the removal, retention, storage, use and disposal of human tissue from deceased persons and related matters, including the issue of consent for donation of organs after death for transplantation.

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The potential impact for an opt out system for organ donation in the UK

An independent report from the Organ Donation Taskforce : Department of Health - Publications.

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Organ donation and transplantation. Policy actions at EU level

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Pope's Address

The Pope’s address to the Delegates at the International Congress “A Gift for Life. Considerations on Organ Donations”. Rome 7th November 2008.

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The conference was jointly hosted by:

Organ Donation: The Gift of Life?

Organ donation is, for most receivers, a gift of life or a better quality of life. Should people be paid to donate their organs? Should Ireland start a live organ donor programme? Should it be opt-out rather than opt-in? Or is Ireland ready for such a system, in light of the organ retention controversies of the last decade?

[The IKA acknowledge that the attached leaflet is written and produced by the Irish Council for Bioethics.]

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In keeping with the principle that all services for persons living with and affected by endstage renal disease should be equally accessible to all. The IKA information, support and education services at Donor House can be reached NATIONWIDE for the price of a local call.

The "Forget-Me-Not" flower is a symbol for life - dead wood of the Irish Kidney Association emblem represents the failed organ and the bandaged graft, with the new flower, symbolises the transplanted life giving organ.