Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 October 2025
Committee on Disability Matters
Autonomy and Integrity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion
2:00 am
Ms Joanne Condon:
I will clarify the protection of liberty matter, given I raised it. That is different from the safeguarding legislation. It is the responsibility of the Department of Health, which has been working on developing protection of liberty safeguard legislation. It is not yet in place. That will deal with the matter of deprivation of liberty, which is currently dealt with under inherent jurisdiction of the court. It lies outside of the assisted decision-making legislation.
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