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Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: Sorry, Acting Chairman, perhaps I have the wrong list of amendment groupings. I want to speak on amendment No. 142, if that is in order.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: Amendment No. 142 is particularly important. It deals with the question of outlawing chemical restraint. The amendment states:Nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorising any person to administer to a relevant person any medication for the purpose of controlling or modifying the relevant person’s behaviour or to ensure that a relevant person is compliant and not capable of...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: Hear, hear.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the change the Minister of State has accepted in the law. I am not exactly clear on the details, but I absolutely accept her integrity and commitment to ensuring that chemical restraint for control and purposes other than medical purposes will no longer be evident in any of our homes or institutions of care throughout the country. I support the views expressed by Deputies opposite...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: Hear, hear.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is extremely helpful. I thank the Minister of State.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the clarity that the Minister of State intends to bring to the issue, particularly with respect to amendment No. 128. I also welcome her commitment, which I do not doubt, to have it included in the legislation that is about to be published. I acknowledge that absolutely, but there are issues that need to be ventilated at this stage. The first point is that the European Convention...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: While I hear what the Minister is saying, I want to make it very clear that at the very heart of the Bill is a very important person, namely, the director of the decision support service. The functions under the Bill have been greatly expanded, which I welcome. There are very positive and important aspects of the legislation which everybody wants to pass and I very much welcome it....

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: While I respect what the Minister of State has said, I profoundly disagree with her statement that there would a perception of a political decision if the Minister of the day accepted a recommendation from the Public Appointments Service of a person for appointment to the post of director. It would not be, given that it would come from the Public Appointments Service. This is how it should...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the Minister of State for her response. As she indicated, the Bill, as initially published, included a provision similar to that proposed in amendment No. 146. However, the proposed measure was subsequently deleted. She is correct that making changes to wills is a serious matter, which must only be permitted in extremely important circumstances. The Law Reform Commission...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: After reading the Minister of State's statement, I acknowledge her points. I will not be pressing the amendment. I accept that this is an extremely difficult thing to have to do and, as the Minister of State rightly says, it would have to involve extremely exceptional circumstances for a matter to go the High Court. It would be where the person had lost his or her testamentary capacity,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (22 Oct 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 275. To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns raised by a national organisation (details supplied) regarding access to services in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37019/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility (3 Nov 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Louth will receive a payment under the single payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37969/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (3 Nov 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 570. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37799/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (3 Nov 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 587. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on representations received from the Cooley Peninsula Community Alert Group regarding its concerns for the safety of members of An Garda Síochána and of the community following the murders of persons (details supplied) in the north Louth area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38032/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 592. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements the Court Service will put in place by to facilitate car parking during construction of the new courthouse in Drogheda in County Louth, which will have the effect of closing two car parks in the centre of Drogheda town; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38157/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Refurbishment (3 Nov 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 597. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the details of the recently announced €1 million upgrade of Drogheda Garda station and the proposed works at Collon Garda station; when work will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38212/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (3 Nov 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 723. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for funding by a group (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37680/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 851. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the ambulance service in the Louth-east Meath constituency. [38350/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 Nov 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 1002. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a proposed new school (details supplied) in County Louth; when works are expected to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38265/15]