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Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: I will speak only to amendment No. 26 which is a reasonable one and states "in so far as that is practicable". What it proposes is the direction in which the health service should be moving and what it should be aiming to do. Increasingly, more rather than less care should be given in the home. I will speak on amendment No. 27 after Senator Norris has spoken, as it is his amendment.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: I agree with that. Amendments Nos. 27, 239 and 244 refer to finances. Senator O'Donnell's amendment No. 26 should be taken with amendment No. 29-----

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: -----if the Minister of State is agreeable to that.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: I think we are all in agreement.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: That is agreed.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: I have indicated that I wish to speak on amendment Nos. 27, 239 and 244. I support amendment No. 27 and the rest of the amendments. We have discussed the matter in detail for the past three weeks. I contacted the Minister of State's office about it when I saw this amendment. As Senator Norris noted, the current situation has allowed the funds to dwindle. I have a graph showing how funds...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: While I recognise we are moving away from it, in so doing provisions are being inserted in Chapter 3 of Part 9 regarding special visitors and general visitors.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: This is what amendment No. 239 is about, namely, a person who is a special visitor and designated to advise is a person who has financial expertise. As Senator Norris noted previously, there is no point in such a person having medical expertise. It will be necessary to have financial "expertise and experience of financial matters, as respects the capacity of persons", even though that...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: I support Senator Norris's comments on cases in which there is nobody-----

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: No, no one is throwing anybody into the gutter.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: No, I am saying-----

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: No, there will be circumstances in which nobody is there to take care. The court then will appoint and the court will be responsible. That is what this is about, that is, in any situation in which a person is not available or deemed unsuitable to act as a decision-maker, the court retains this responsibility. While the court retains responsibility, Members are trying to ensure that within...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: The Minister of State has spoken about the annual financial reports going to the director. Amendment No. 244 reads:Annual financial reports on the condition, progress, and management of relevant person’s funds; both liquid funds and investments; will be made available to—(a) the court, and (b) relevant persons. The Minister of State has said there will be a report to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2015: Discussion (8 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: I welcome our guests. Housing is at the top of the agenda. I acknowledge the role that our guests' organisations play in ensuring the provision of housing, particularly in terms of social housing alongside local authorities. Over 25 years, funding at 3.25% is a good rate that one would not get anywhere else. Ms Carroll mentioned that 82% of housing agencies had signed up. Why is it not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2015: Discussion (8 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: I have a question on shared ownership and borrowings in that area. A great many people are stuck in the shared ownership scheme and in negative equity. The HFA is a bank of the local authorities but while the banks have written down or recognised negative equity, there is no such recognition in this case. Is there anything the HFA can do, in conjunction with local authorities and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2015: Discussion (8 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: They own the negative equity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2015: Discussion (8 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: Yes, but the banks recognised that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2015: Discussion (8 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: I would hang on to the statement that there is more money available. However, have we the wherewithal as regards the housing agencies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2015: Discussion (8 Dec 2015)

Caít Keane: I want to hear that there is plenty of money available to draw down.