The following report is from the Belfast Telegraph (23 November, 2019) 

The parents of a three-year-old west Belfast boy who needs a heart transplant have managed to garner cross-party support for their campaign for the introduction of soft opt-out legislation in Northern Ireland.

From next autumn, Northern Ireland will be the only part of the UK without a soft opt-out system for organ donation. A soft opt-out system, which means consent is presumed unless a person registers an objection, was introduced in Wales in 2015 and since then consent rates there have increased from 58% to 75%.

"We acknowledge the phenomenal work of the Donate4Daithi campaign, support them in their efforts to normalise organ donation and increase the number of organ donors and transplants, and in light of emerging evidence from Wales and elsewhere call on the department to review the position on a  soft opt-out organ donation  system for Northern Ireland." Dr Catherine Coyle from the Public Health Agency said: "We need more people in Northern Ireland to talk about organ donation to increase the number of lifesaving transplants.’

CFI is part of the Irish Donor Network (IDN) and we understand its the intention of Government in Ireland to legislate for Soft Opt Out Organ donation in Ireland in January 2020