An opt-out donation system was passed by MLAs last year, but secondary legislation required to implement it
An attempt to restore Stormont to pass stalled organ donation laws is set to fail as the DUP is refusing to drop its boycott over Brexit's Northern Ireland Protocol.
The legislation - named after six-year-old Belfast boy Dáithí MacGabhann who is awaiting a heart transplant - has become a key issue in the debate around the political impasse. Mr Lyons added: "Sir Jeffrey Donaldson will work with the government and the House of Commons Speaker to table an amendment to the Executive Formation Bill in Parliament.
"There will be no restoration of the NI Assembly and Executive until the protocol is replaced with arrangements that unionists, as well as nationalists, can support." Sinn Féin MLA Pat Sheehan, whose party tabled a motion to recall the Assembly, said they will be in the chamber in an effort to elect a Speaker and pass the necessary regulations.Mr Sheehan added: "We owe it to little Dáithí and all those people desperately waiting on an organ transplant.Alliance MLA Paula Bradshaw said the DUP’s refusal to enable the Assembly to sit is “unedifying and serves no purpose”.
SDLP MLA Colin McGrath said the Assembly recall was an "opportunity for MLAs to come together and deliver something that would make a real difference to the lives of many people".
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