Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 March 2022

Joint Committee On Health

General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Deirdre Lillis:

Yes, please. I refer to the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015. At this moment in time, can there be some further look at how the two Acts interact and how, if we are working to a system of supported decision-making, that immediately shifts the culture and the legislation in relation to coercion? The idea of a briefing on the 2015 Act sounds wonderful. That is really important at this moment, especially as it is now coming, hopefully, into full operation in the summer of this year. That may help the current draft.

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