Resources
Reference materials
Regulation
Professional services
Assisted decision-making
Legislation
- Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015
- Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022
Books
- Aine Hynes, Irish Capacity Law and Assisted Decision-Making (1st edn, Bloomsbury Professional 2026)
- Emma Slattery, The Assisted Decision-Making Handbook (1st edn, Bloomsbury Professional 2024) *available as an eBook from the library via VLE Books
Decision Support Service
Law Society Gazette articles
- Stephen Walsh, ‘Decision theory’ (2025) 119(2) Law Society Gazette 30-33.
- Maria Dillon, ‘Who cares now?’ (2024) 118(8) Law Society Gazette 20-21.
- Emma Slattery and Aisling Mulligan, ‘Friend in deed’ (2023) 117(8) Law Society Gazette 34-37.
- Niamh Doyle, Aoife Sheehy and Neva Watchorn,’ Great power, great responsibility’ (2023) 117(1) Law Society Gazette 32-35.
- by Eimear Burke, Hannah Unger and Ciara Dowd, ‘Caught in the act’ (2022) 116(10), Law Society Gazette 50-51.
- John Costello, ‘Decisions, decisions, decisions!’ (2022) 116(8), 50-51.
- Aine Hynes, ‘Mind the gap (2022) 116(4) Law Society Gazette 42-45.
- Patricia Hickey, ‘Disappearing act’ (2021) 115(8) Law Society Gazette 18-19,21.
- Stephen Walsh, ‘Mind the gap’ (2019) 113(8) Law Society Gazette 52-53,55.
Further Irish journal articles
- Editorial, ‘The majority of the public do not understand "assisted decision-making" law’ (2025) 28(4) Irish Journal of Family Law 87-88.
- Elena Reed (Rietz) Schmied, ‘Safeguarding adults in Ireland: legislative developments and challenges’ (2024) 27(2) Irish Journal of Family Law 29-38.
- Aine Flynn, ‘Editorial: the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015: the landscape after commencement’ (2023) 26(3) Irish Journal of Family Law 53-55.
- Ciara Dowd and Aoife Doonan, ‘Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015: decision-making representation orders applications - some considerations for family applicants’ (2023) 26(3) Irish Journal of Family Law 67-72.
- Aisling Mulligan, ‘The days of "best interests" are over’ (2022) 27(2) Bar Review 43-46.
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