Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2026-03-26
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Cathal Byrne (FG), Cultural and Educational Panel

I merely want to welcome the passing of this Bill. I thank the Minister of State and her officials. Obviously, this is emergency legislation which had to be prepared at short notice. It is important to recognise that.
In the overall context, I encourage the Minister of State and the Department to take an in-depth look at the enduring power of attorney system. The point was made earlier that so many solicitors have clients come in to them to make a will who should be also getting an enduring power of attorney prepared at the same time and are not, because of the bureaucratic technical difficulties that exist there. There is a big opportunity to see what has gone wrong over the last number of years, correct it, and make it even easier and more widespread and commonplace than someone having a will.

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Sitting date: 2026-03-26