# Travel outside Ireland — Blood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services

For Travel outside Ireland, blood service is Irish Blood Transfusion Service; waiting period is check guidelines; condition is You have been outside Ireland in last 12 months; outcome is individual assessment, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Criterion:** Travel outside Ireland
- **Blood service:** Irish Blood Transfusion Service _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Waiting period:** check guidelines
- **Condition:** You have been outside Ireland in last 12 months _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Outcome:** individual assessment _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> You have been outside Ireland in last 12 months

## Source

- https://www.giveblood.ie/can-i-give-blood/

Last verified: 2026-08-06. Review by: 2027-02-02.
Part of [Blood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services](https://referencesource.org/blood-donor-deferral-criteria/).