Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 December 2017
433. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the targets in place for organ donation and transplant rates; if they have been achieved in 2017; and if not, the progress made towards achieving the targets [53884/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraProgress on organ donation and transplantation is monitored by my Department on a monthly basis. To the end of November 2017, there have been a total of 138 donors which resulted in 290 transplants. A breakdown of the organ donation and transplant figures for recent years follows:
Annual Transplant Statistics
|
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
|
|
Donors (Deceased) |
58 |
93 |
78 |
86 |
63 |
81 |
77 |
90 |
|
Living Donors |
23 |
27 |
32 |
38 |
40 |
33 |
50 |
48 |
|
Transplants |
||||||||
|
Kidney |
121 |
192 |
163 |
185 |
152 |
153 |
172 |
177 |
|
Liver |
38 |
61 |
50 |
55 |
44 |
61 |
58 |
58 |
|
Heart |
3 |
6 |
10 |
11 |
18 |
16 |
15 |
15 |
|
Lung |
4 |
8 |
14 |
32 |
31 |
36 |
35 |
35 |
|
Pancreas |
8 |
8 |
1 |
11 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
Total Transplants |
174 |
275 |
238 |
294 |
251 |
266 |
280 |
290 |
