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Assisted Decision-Making Bill

Summary

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked when the long-delayed Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill would proceed, citing outdated legal terminology; the Tánaiste said it should advance within weeks.

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Sinn Féin

The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill has been dragging on for quite some time. I read some text from the Courts Service and saw the word "lunatics" is still in legal parlance in 2013. When will the Bill go ahead? The whole disability community is waiting on it.

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Eamon Gilmore The Tánaiste Labour Party

The Bill, officially known as the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013, has been published and it is expected to proceed in the next couple of weeks.

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