Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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Question 419: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of mental capacity legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7919/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question Number 114 of 6 April 2011 which indicated the following:

"The Government Legislation Programme announced on 5 April 2011 indicates that the Mental Capacity Bill is expected to be published in late 2011.

The Bill will reform the law on mental capacity taking into account the Law Reform Commission's Report on Vulnerable Adults and the Law. The Bill will replace the Wards of Court system with a modern statutory framework governing decision-making on behalf of adults who lack capacity."

I have nothing further to add to that reply.