Government of Ireland Country Resources Capacity related legislation Ireland 30 December 2015 Legislation/regulation

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Bill entitled an Act to provide for the reform of the law relating to persons who require or may require assistance in exercising their decision-making capacity, whether immediately or in the future; to provide for the appointment by such persons of other persons to assist them in decision-making or (subject to the approval of the Circuit Court) to make decisions jointly with such persons; to provide for the making of applications to the Circuit Court or High Court in respect of such persons, including seeking the approval by the Circuit Court of co-decision-making agreements or the appointment by the Circuit Court of decision-making representatives for such persons; to enable, in specified circumstances, informal decision-making to be done in respect of such persons by other persons who are not decision-making assistants, co-decision-makers, decision-making representatives or attorneys for such persons; to provide for the appointment and functions of the Public Guardian in respect of persons who require or may shortly require assistance in exercising their decision-making capacity; to provide for the amendment of the law relating to enduring powers of attorney; to provide for the ratification by the State of the Convention on the International Protection of Adults; and to provide for related matters


Bille dá ngairtear Acht do dhéanamh socrú maidir le hathchóiriú an dlí a bhaineann le daoine a dteastaíonn, nó a bhféadfadh go dteastódh, cuidiú uathu i bhfeidhmiú a gcumais cinnteoireachta, cibé acu láithreach nó sa todhchaí; do dhéanamh socrú maidir le daoine den sórt sin do cheapadh daoine eile chun cuidiú leo le linn cinnteoireachta nó (faoi réir ceadú a fháil ón gCúirt Chuarda) chun cinntí a dhéanamh i gcomhpháirt le daoine den sórt sin; do dhéanamh socrú maidir le hiarratais a dhéanamh chun na Cúirte Cuarda nó chun na hArd-Chúirte i leith daoine den sórt sin, lena n-áirítear ceadú ón gCúirt Chuarda a lorg maidir le comhaontuithe comhchinnteoireachta nó an Chúirt Chuarda do cheapadh ionadaithe cinnteoireachta do dhaoine den sórt sin; dá chumasú, in imthosca sonraithe, do dhaoine eile nach cúntóirí cinnteoireachta, comhchinnteoirí, ionadaithe cinnteoireachta nó aturnaetha thar ceann daoine den sórt sin cinnteoireacht neamhfhoirmiúil a dhéanamh i leith daoine den sórt sin; do dhéanamh socrú maidir le ceapadh an Chaomhnóra Phoiblí agus maidir lena fheidhmeanna nó lena feidhmeanna i leith daoine a dteastaíonn cuidiú uathu i bhfeidhmiú a gcumais cinnteoireachta nó a bhféadfadh go dteastódh cuidiú den sórt sin uathu go luath; do dhéanamh socrú maidir le leasú a dhéanamh ar an dlí a bhaineann le cumhachtaí marthanacha aturnae; do dhéanamh socrú maidir leis an Stát do dhaingniú an Choinbhinsiúin maidir le Cosaint Idirnáisiúnta Aosach; agus do dhéanamh socrú i dtaobh nithe gaolmhara

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