Law Society and Decision Support Service at odds over legal care documents

Row centres on enduring powers of attorney, with users saying they have problems completing necessary documents for future care arrangementsThe DSS says it does offer an alternative paper-based manual system for people uncomfortable with an online approach. Photograph: iStock

People using the system must first register with the service and have their identity verified. They can then use one or more of the services it offers and supervises. A spokeswoman for the DSS stressed that it was “a person-centred service designed for use by the ordinary person”. However, figures given by Anne Rabbitte, Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, to Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly just over a month earlier said that just 167 EPAs had been completed by April 17th.

“Ultimately, the Law Society believes the implementation of the new system is limiting the ability of many people to express their preferences through the creation of an EPA,” it said in a statement.

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