Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 2 November 2021
Joint Committee On Health
General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Department of Health
Mr. James Kelly:
Yes, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is progressing a draft general scheme to amend the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act. There are certain provisions, between the two Acts, that will have to be amended in either our amending Bill or its amending Bill, although that Department hopes to enact and commence its legislation sooner than we do. There is ongoing conversation between the two Departments as to which is the better vehicle and which is the better timeframe to get those amendments in. There will be a number of amendments to the capacity Act that will have to come from either that Department’s side or our side.
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