'It's a very disappointing day for us.' Dáithí Mac Gabhann's family vow to take their organ donation fight to Westminster. Read more:
The Stormont Assembly has once again failed to elect a Speaker after the Democratic Unionist Party blocked the move.
All the parties other than the DUP and the Traditional Unionist Voice then spoke in favour of electing a Speaker and implementing the opt-out organ donation law, inspired by six-year-old Dáithí Mac Gabhann, who needs a heart transplant.Michelle O'Neill said the power to deliver on organ donation was in the gift of each partywhere an opt-out organ donation system is not in place.
Alliance leader Naomi Long said the legislation needed to be delivered, adding that it was a life and death issue for people on the transplant waiting list.Robin Swann of the UUP, who was the health minister when Dáithí's Law was introduced in 2021 and passed in 2022, told the assembly the bill was an opportunity "not to just save lives but change lives".
Ideally, it is hoped the organ donation legislation will be tagged on in an amendment to the Executive Formation Bill in the House of Commons next Wednesday.
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