Seanad debates

Wednesday, 9 December 2015

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Committee Stage

 

10:30 am

Photo of Fidelma Healy EamesFidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No, I am not because subsection (c) of section 38(9), which the Minister of State read out to reassure us, is covered by the overarching opening sentence of the subsection, which reads, "For the purpose of this section, a decision-making representative for a relevant person restrains the relevant person if he or she...". What I am trying determine is whether a care assistant, for example, is classed as a decision-making representative.

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