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

These are technical amendments to correct incorrect cross references or typographical errors. Amendments Nos. 5 and 7 propose to correct incorrect cross-references. These follow from the Seanad's agreement to include an additional guiding principle on Committee Stage on the information obligations on interveners.

Amendment No. 8 proposes to correct an incorrect cross-reference, as do amendments Nos. 26, 27 and 28. Amendments Nos. 11, 38, 40, 44, 47, 52, 54, 67 and 76 are technical amendments to correct typographical errors. Amendment No. 57 is a technical amendment to correct an incorrect cross-reference in the new section 63.

Amendment No. 66 is a technical amendment to restructure paragraph 2 in subsection (2) of new section 66 to clarify the intent of the provision. The amendment also provides for the court to be satisfied that coercion was not used to force the donor to execute the power before it makes a determination whether an instrument creating an enduring power should be registered.

Amendment No. 72 proposes to address a typographical error while amendment No. 76 proposes to correct a punctuation error.

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