Dáil debates

Wednesday, 21 October 2015

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage

 

11:00 am

Photo of Colm KeaveneyColm Keaveney (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is clear that the Minister of State has listened during this process, given the scale of the amendments. The spirit of what we are trying to achieve concerns the interests of the people. The Minister of State mentioned that this Bill is not strictly about the perception of a sector within the mental health field. That is well noted.

We will support this legislation as best we can where possible. No legislation is perfect. Any legislator who believes that he or she can walk out of this Chamber having enacted perfect legislation is fooling himself or herself. We need to accelerate this aspect of our work as quickly as possible. The Bill will act as a point of reference for us. If it is not perfect, we can fix the imperfections later. That is what legislating involves.

I support the Minister of State's comments in the context of the amendments. We should accelerate to the next Stage as quickly as possible in the same spirit in which we are engaging today.

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