Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have a personal view, which is that this is another example of smaller hospitals being taken out of the system, putting more pressure on the bigger hospitals. We will see what the petitioner comes back with. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Petition No. 20 of 2021 is titled:

Why we need to dispel old illogical lunacy laws in Ireland, which have been amended and repealed. This is not enough. They need to be put beyond use by being dispelled. They are the epitome of injustice.

It was submitted by Ms. Philomena Geoghegan. The committee recommends that this petition should be deemed closed based on the response from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, which advised that, “Once amended and commenced in full, the [Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity)] 2015 Act will abolish the wards of court system for adults and repeal the Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act 1871”, and that the petitioner be informed of same. Do members have any views or is that agreed?