Mental Capacity - Submissions for Proposed Legislation

The Oireachtas Committee of Justice, Defence and Equality has published its report on the Mental Capacity Bill (itself yet to be published); the report includes the many submissions  The Committee received and a record of its oral hearings...

The Full report can be seen here. [It's a very large pdf file so may take time to download]

The Irish Times - Tuesday, May 8, 2012 Ending a legal limbo
IT IS a sobering thought that thousands of Irish citizens have been consigned to a legal limbo by a 19th century British law which classifies them as “lunatics”. This is the fate endured by those who have an acquired brain injury, an intellectual disability or who suffer from a serious mental illness that could impact on their ability to make decisions. Under the 1871 Lunacy Act they have few rights, and can be subject to the whims of institutions or official bodies in decisions relating to their lives and welfare.

Change and Voluntary Disability Organisations

Change and Voluntary Disability Organisations
“Things do not change; we change.” - Henry David Thoreau
Below are the presentations from the Change and Voluntary Organisations, the profiles of the speakers and the timetable for the event.
Post AGM Event was held on 23rd May 2012 in F2 Centre, 3 Reuben Plaza, Rialto, Dublin 8.
Disability organisations are surrounded by change; the question for all of us to consider is how are we responding to this change? The Value for Money and Policy Review of Disability, the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, the Universal Health Insurance and the HSE reports on Adult Day Services and on Congregated Settings are all signalling a fundamental change in how services will be funded and provided to people with disabilities.  The purpose of the discussion is to gain an understanding of the changes afoot and how best we can prepare ourselves for them.
Below are the presentations from the Change and Voluntary Organisations, the profiles of the speakers and the timetable for the event.

Introduction by Lillian Buchanan »»
DFI Seminar on Change and Voluntary Disability Organisations Change Change we can’t do anything about Change we can’t do much about Change we can ‘manage’: Change...

A Positive Symmetry – Gerard Quinn »»
Change and Voluntary Disability Organisations DFI Conference, 23rd May, 2012. International | Regional | National A Positive Symmetry – Gerard Quinn The International Impulse….. United...