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Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

David Stanton: Amendments Nos. 304, 308 and 309 are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

David Stanton: Continuing with section 63, we now move to amendment No. 313 in the name of the Minister of State. If the question on amendment No. 313 is agreed, amendment No. 314 cannot be moved. Amendments Nos. 313 to 315, inclusive, 317, 320, 335 and 336 are related and may be discussed together. Amendment No. 314 is a logical alternative to amendment No. 313. I call on the Minister of State to move...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

David Stanton: Does Deputy Keaveney wish to comment on Deputy Niall Collins's amendment No. 317?

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

David Stanton: When we get to that amendment, the Deputy can decide whether he wants to press it.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

David Stanton: When we get to it, the Deputy can withdraw it.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

David Stanton: That is fine, thank you.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

David Stanton: Amendment No. 315 has already been discussed with amendment No. 313. I call the Minister of State to move the amendment.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

David Stanton: Amendment No. 316 has already been discussed with amendment No. 11. I call the Minister of State to move the amendment.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

David Stanton: Amendments Nos. 343 to 393, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

David Stanton: It is now 1.30 p.m. We said we would stop at 1.30 p.m. but is it agreed to keep going for a further five or ten minutes?

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

David Stanton: Is that okay with you, Minister of State?

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

David Stanton: Amendments Nos. 402 and 403 are related and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State and her officials for attending and thank everybody for their co-operation. We covered and discussed 417 amendments. I am sure our colleagues recognise the huge amount of work the Minister of State, her officials and others have put into this Bill. This is probably one of the first Bills at which the committee looked when it was formed a number of years ago and...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

David Stanton: It is easy to be efficient when one has co-operation and everyone works together. The Bill turns the area in question on its head. The committee held many hearings on this matter a number of years ago and published a report on it, which I hope was helpful. We look forward to the Bill becoming an Act. The joint committee will meet at 2.30 p.m., but the select committee will now adjourn.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Message to Dáil (17 Jun 2015)

David Stanton: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality has completed its consideration of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013 and has made amendments thereto.

Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2015)

David Stanton: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this important Bill. I am very interested in this subject. In my view, one of the most important Departments is the Department of Children and Youth Affairs in terms of its work and planning into the future in respect of children and young people. It is important that Department is well resourced. I have listened to most of the...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2015)

David Stanton: I will be not be long. I want to comment on this important legislation and acknowledge that the Government is working hard to provide housing. The housing crisis is very serious. While this Bill deals with urban regeneration, I represent a constituency which is predominantly rural, although it also contains a number of medium-sized towns. I have never encountered such an acute need for...

Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2015)

David Stanton: Before the debate adjourned, I was making the point that the Department of Children and Youth Affairs is a new and important Department which has great potential and much to offer. In 1970, the great educationalist and sociologist, Basil Bernstein, wrote that education could not compensate for society. Bernstein's main thesis was that inequality plays a major part in the lives of...

Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Joint Sub-Committee on Human Rights relative to Justice and Equality Matters: Charities Act 2009 and Advancement of Human Rights: Discussion (24 Jun 2015)

David Stanton: The purpose of this meeting is to have an engagement on the provision of the Charities Act 2009 and the exclusion of the advancement of human rights from the list of charitable purposes. I am pleased to welcome Dr. Oonagh Breen here today. She is a senior lecturer in law at UCD. I also welcome Mr. Ivan Cooper, who is director of advocacy at The Wheel. We know the witnesses' time is...

Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Joint Sub-Committee on Human Rights relative to Justice and Equality Matters: Charities Act 2009 and Advancement of Human Rights: Discussion (24 Jun 2015)

David Stanton: I am sorry to intervene, but there is a vote in the Dáil. We will have to suspend the sitting for some minutes and resume when the vote is over. I am sorry about that, but it is outside our control. If Dr. Breen is nearly finished, perhaps she could conclude.