Whilst all this peripheral outstanding legislation is connected to The Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 - the enactment of the main outstanding piece of this legislation, namely the abolition of the Archaic 1871 Lunacy Regulations and replacement of the Office of Wards of Court with the Decision Support Service. We have been waiting since early 2016 and now we are informed that this will not be in place until 2020. And it may be a further three years before all Wards are discharged.
Anyone who has read the Report of the National Safeguarding Committee on the current status of Wardship in Ireland cannot help but see that Wards and their families have no rights - their decision making rights have been subsumed by the Courts and families are not consulted about important matters concerning their relative. There is no process to challenge decisions made on behalf of these people. They have no say in relation to their funds or investments; cannot leave the country without permission; cannot marry; cannot make decisions about their medical treatment...
Why is this allowed to continue in conflict with Wards' Constitutional rights and their rights under the UNCRPD which the Government is now required to
Mary Farrell
Posted on 22 Sep 2018 11:29 pm
Whilst all this peripheral outstanding legislation is connected to The Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 - the enactment of the main outstanding piece of this legislation, namely the abolition of the Archaic 1871 Lunacy Regulations and replacement of the Office of Wards of Court with the Decision Support Service. We have been waiting since early 2016 and now we are informed that this will not be in place until 2020. And it may be a further three years before all Wards are discharged.
Anyone who has read the Report of the National Safeguarding Committee on the current status of Wardship in Ireland cannot help but see that Wards and their families have no rights - their decision making rights have been subsumed by the Courts and families are not consulted about important matters concerning their relative. There is no process to challenge decisions made on behalf of these people. They have no say in relation to their funds or investments; cannot leave the country without permission; cannot marry; cannot make decisions about their medical treatment...
Why is this allowed to continue in conflict with Wards' Constitutional rights and their rights under the UNCRPD which the Government is now required to