Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Dr. Martin mentioned risks and change and I agree with him on that. However, there are other ways of looking at things as well. I am on the committee that is currently going through the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and we are going through the draft report this week. If there was more emphasis on advanced healthcare directives, would that assist doctors in making decisions? For example, if somebody who had a psychosocial disability was able to make an advance healthcare directive, would that assist doctors going forward?