Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The justice aspect is rights-based. If someone has a right to an intervention based on the UN protocol to which the Government has signed up, we can ask questions about the delivery of that right.

We are waiting years for the advanced care directives under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 to be delivered. When will this be progressed? Health professionals are discussing it but there has been a delay in the Department in processing it. Will the Minister of State give us a specific timeline about when this will be commenced? The Government has had sufficient time to deal with complex matters we have heard about for three years. We need to know when it will be moved on.