Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Health Service Executive: Engagement with Chief Executive Officer
Annie Hoey (Labour) | Oireachtas source
I have a final question. A huge piece of work was done around the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. There was the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022. There is a cultural shift around consent and a person's will and preference, and how that will be prioritised within the HSE. I think that will be a big cultural shift. Has Mr. Gloster thought about how he will ensure this cultural shift happens and that people are presumed to have capacity? That is what has come out of that piece of legislation - that people are presumed to have capacity. That will take a cultural shift so does Mr. Gloster have any thoughts on how to enact that?
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