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

I thank Deputy McDonald. The Government agrees with the importance of ratifying the optional protocol and it is set out in the programme for Government. An important step towards achieving that was the passage earlier this year of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022. That Act will be enacted later this month and the various processes that flow from that enactment will then be put in place, particularly the full operation of the Decision Support Service. The Office of the Attorney General is currently reviewing legislation to see if there are other areas where we need to get domestic legislation in compliance with the UNCRPD. Once that assessment has been undertaken, we will be in a better position to be able to advise the House as to when exactly we can get full ratification of the optional protocol.

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