Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - PQ 44370-26
Deputy O'Sullivan asked about the fall in organ donation and transplantation activity on 2025. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and Public Affairs
Published: June 2026
Updated: August 2026
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health the reason organ donation and transplantation activity fell to 202 transplants in 2025 (the lowest total in five years and well below the five-year pre-pandemic average of 282, notwithstanding the introduction of the soft opt-out system under the The Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2024); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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