Seanad debates

Tuesday, 15 December 2015

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages

 

11:30 am

Photo of Kathleen LynchKathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

That will be for the next Government. Maybe in the future somebody will make a different decision but, as it stands, we had to decide what the best fit was for this. We were told that the Courts Service was not the best fit because we were extinguishing wards of court. We had to see who had the expertise and who was committed to human rights with regard to capacity. This is about the ability to make decisions rather than not making decisions, so we had to look at the best possible fit. It will be about rebranding.

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