Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

These are all sensitive and personal cases and I acknowledge the Deputy's concern for the case to which he refers. The Bill will be introduced towards the end of the year. The Minister of State has a real interest in prioritising this Bill but as I explained earlier, there are a number of legislative constraints upon the Government with which we must deal and some of which are quite complex in order to comply with the conditions to which we have agreed. The Deputy can be assured the Minister for State is understanding of the sensitivity and the personal trauma this causes and is working towards the production of the mental capacity Bill as soon as possible and I would say this will be some time before the end of the year.

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