Dáil debates

Wednesday, 14 December 2022

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad

 

6:40 pm

Photo of Roderic O'GormanRoderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

-----and we will have the new Decision Support Service. This envisages situations where people might come in initially with a limitation on their capacity. It might be somebody with a lack of capacity because of a condition that is deteriorating or has had a critical accident. In that situation, the director of the Decision Support Service is in a position to make a determination about what level of capacity support is needed for the individual. If the person has lost all capacity, which is the highest level, they will charge a fee.

That will be set out and capped at a particular level. There is much more transparency through the entire system. The capping of fees is also important in making sure there is no room for potential exploitation.

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