David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 472: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects to publish the Mental Capacity Bill which is essential to progress Ireland's ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the feedback his Department has received on the Bill since the publication of the scheme in September 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15697/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The Government Legislation Programme announced on 22 April 2009 indicates that the Mental Capacity Bill is expected to be published later this year.

On publication of the scheme of the Bill in September 2008, I invited written submissions to be made to my Department. On 5 February 2009 my Department and the National Disability Authority cohosted a conference on mental capacity to better inform interested parties on the detail of the scheme and to invite comment on the proposals it contains. These consultations indicate that there is a broad level of support for reform of the law in this area.