A homosexual pressure group is calling for Northern Ireland to lift the safeguard which prevents men who have ever had sex with men from giving blood.
In the rest of the UK the lifelong safeguard will be lifted from 7 November. From then on men whose last sexual contact with another man was more than 12 months ago will be allowed to donate.
Men who have sex with men (MSM) have, as a group, a higher risk of sexually acquired blood-borne viruses.