401. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health his plans to remove the ban on blood donations from males who have previously engaged in sexual intercourse with other males, as enforced by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service; if the details of the data source used to justify and base this exclusion, which has been cited as necessary in order to reduce the risk of infected blood entering the blood supply; the potential increase in donations if the ban is lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41534/15]

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401. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health his plans to remove the ban on blood donations from males who have previously engaged in sexual intercourse with other males, as enforced by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service; if the details of the data source used to justify and base this exclusion, which has been cited as necessary in order to reduce the risk of infected blood entering the blood supply; the potential increase in donations if the ban is lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41534/15]

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