Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad
Dail Éireann — 2022-12-14
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Roderic O'Gorman (GP), Dublin West

-----and we will have the new Decision Support Service. This envisages situations where people might come in initially with a limitation on their capacity. It might be somebody with a lack of capacity because of a condition that is deteriorating or somebody who has had a critical accident. In that situation, the director of the Decision Support Service is in a position to make a determination about what level of capacity support is needed for the individual. If the person has lost all capacity, which is the highest level, they will charge a fee.
That will be set out and capped at a particular level. There is much more transparency through the entire system. The capping of fees is also important in making sure there is no room for potential exploitation.
Seanad amendment No. 22:
Section 40: In page 30, line 10, to delete “and”.

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