Seanad debates

Tuesday, 29 November 2022

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage

 

1:00 pm

Photo of Frances BlackFrances Black (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 4:

In page 10, after line 39, to insert the following: "Amendment of section 8 of Principal Act

8.Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following:
"(11) The guiding principles contained in subsections (1) to (10) shall be interpreted consistently with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in particular, Article 12, and General Comment 1 of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.".".

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