Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022

Public bill · Government · Presented

Major changes to how Ireland supports adults who need help making decisions are set out here, including ending wardship, improving safeguards, and making the Decision Support Service easier to use. It also creates a new two-step process for enduring powers of attorney, limits the use of restraint in private settings, and gives clearer rules on who can make health and welfare decisions. Alongside that, it updates other laws so disability rights are better reflected in jury service, elections, public employment targets, equality monitoring, and access to information.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to give further effect to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities done at New York on 13 December 2006; for that and other purposes to amend the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; to amend the Juries Act 1976, the Electoral Act 1992, the National Disability Authority Act 1999, the Disability Act 2005, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 and the Freedom of Information Act 2014; and to provide for related matters.

Last updated 11 September 2024