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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 156:In page 38, line 18, to delete “Public Guardian” and substitute “Director”.

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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 157:In page 38, line 21, to delete “decision-making representative order” and substitute “decision-making representation order”.

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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 158:In page 38, line 38, to delete “decision-making representative order” and substitute “decision-making representation order”.

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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 159:In page 38, lines 47 and 48, to delete “decision-making representative order” and substitute “decision-making representation order”.

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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 160:In page 39, to delete lines 9 to 14.

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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 162:In page 40, lines 37 and 38, to delete “decision-making representative order” and substitute “decision-making representation order”.

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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 163:In page 40, to delete lines 42 to 47 and in page 41, to delete lines 1 to 11 and substitute the following:“(a) gifts made on customary occasions to persons (including the decision-making representative) who are related or connected to the relevant person and in relation to whom the relevant person might be expected to make gifts, and (b) gifts to any charity...

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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 164:In page 41, line 14, after “assets” to insert “and financial obligations”.

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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 165:In page 41, line 17, to delete “Public Guardian” and substitute “Director”.

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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 166:In page 41, lines 19 and 20, to delete “Public Guardian” and substitute “Director”.

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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 167:In page 41, to delete lines 22 to 24 and substitute the following:“(b) An order under paragraph (a)—(i) shall not be made unless there is no person who is suitable and willing to act as decision-making representative in relation to the property and affairs of the relevant person, and (ii) may require some or all of the property of the relevant person...

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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 168:In page 41, lines 26 and 27, to delete “Public Guardian” and substitute “Director”.

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

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 169:In page 41, lines 35 and 36, to delete “Without prejudice to the generality of section 25(a)(ii), nothing” and substitute “Nothing”. This amendment would prevent a decision-making representative from having the power to prohibit a particular person from having contact with a person lacking capacity. This is to ensure that the person with...

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

Kathleen Lynch: There is a Government policy in respect of vulnerable persons and restraint. It applies in both the health and the mental health areas.

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

Kathleen Lynch: The Government policy applies to everyone, but it is a specific inclusion in this Bill.

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

Kathleen Lynch: With every Government policy - this one is a well developed policy - training protocols must be gone through and certain regulations must be complied with. This policy is certainly embedded at this stage. I understand where the Deputy is coming from with this question and do not say the policy is always adhered to. However, we must ensure within this legislation that those who lack...

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

Kathleen Lynch: I will not respond in respect of an individual case, as that would be inappropriate. I would not like anybody to get the wrong impression and must point out that this legislation only applies to those over 18 years of age. It is about adult situations.

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

Kathleen Lynch: Somehow or other, when we talk about restraint, we always seem to think about someone being tied up or the use of belts or chemicals. In fact, what we propose here is so wide-ranging that it covers everything. It mentions the exclusion of people from their friends and families, which I believe is a form of restraint. What we propose is comprehensive and imposes obligations on the person...

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

Kathleen Lynch: Yes.

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

Kathleen Lynch: We believe this is a very robust section and, of course, we could keep adding to it. We could come up with another 400 amendments. Of course, we can keep adding to it but we really need to get this legislation through. The Chairman and I have been working on this for 20 years and we need to get this through. Of course, people may have amendments that would be beneficial but we cannot just...