670. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention is drawn to the fact that the operation of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 is, in practice, creating significant barriers for adults with lifelong intellectual disabilities and their families in accessing basic services such as healthcare, dental treatment, and banking. [51592/26]
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671. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she accepts that requiring formal decision-making representative orders in circumstances where capacity is clearly and permanently limited is placing an undue administrative and financial burden on ageing family carers, many of whom are already under severe financial pressure. [51593/26]
672. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the assessment that has been made of the impact of DMR application costs, legal complexity, and court-based processes for ordinary families seeking to continue long established caring arrangements for adult children with significant intellectual disabilities. [51594/26]
673. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she will consider urgent reform to introduce a streamlined, affordable, and proportionate decision making pathway for adults with lifelong and profound intellectual disabilities; and whether she will address the lack of provision for successor decision-makers in the current system. [51596/26]