Ms Mary Murphy:

Absolutely. I suppose the major concern for Age Action Ireland would be that undue pressure would be placed on older persons by family members or other interested parties into putting their homes on the market when they themselves are unwilling or not ready to do so or may simply lack the capacity to make a decision like that. We believe that if they are being incentivised to do so as part of the fair deal scheme, that needs to be matched by thorough safeguarding measures which may be adequately delivered through the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act once that is brought into effect. We would see the solution coming from the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act.