Editing Power of attorney (section)

===Ireland===
In [[Law of the Republic of Ireland|Irish law]] there are two types of power of attorney:
*Power of attorney, which may be general or specific, which ceases once the donor becomes mentally incapacitated.<ref name=citizensinformation-power-of-attorney>{{cite web|url=http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/death/before_a_death/power_of_attorney.html|title=Power of Attorney|access-date=27 February 2017}} [[File:CC-BY icon.svg|50px]] This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)] license.</ref> This type is virtually identical to an ordinary 1971 Act power of attorney in England and Wales.
*Enduring power of attorney, which takes effect once the donor is incapacitated<ref name=citizensinformation-power-of-attorney/>
The death of the donor ends both.<ref name=citizensinformation-power-of-attorney/>

The relevant legislation is the Powers of Attorney Act 1996 and the Enduring Powers of Attorney Regulations 1996 (SI No. 196/1996) as amended by [[Statutory Instrument|SI]] No. 287/1996.<ref name=citizensinformation-power-of-attorney/> Part 7 of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 provides for new arrangements for those who wish to make an Enduring Power of Attorney and once the 2015 Act is brought into force, no new powers of attorney will be created under the 1996 Act.<ref name=citizensinformation-power-of-attorney/>

====Creating powers of attorney====
A solicitor is not required to create a Power of Attorney - it is created simply by being signed by the donor, in the presence of (and countersigned by) a witness.<ref name=citizensinformation-power-of-attorney/>

Creating an Enduring Power of Attorney requires the following:
*it must be in a particular format<ref name=citizensinformation-power-of-attorney/>
*a statement from a doctor stating that the doctor thought the donor had the mental capacity to understand the effect of creating the power of attorney when the document was executed<ref name=citizensinformation-power-of-attorney/>
*a statement from the donor to say that they understood the effect of creating the power<ref name=citizensinformation-power-of-attorney/>
*a statement from a solicitor to say they are satisfied that the donor understood the effect of creating the power of attorney<ref name=citizensinformation-power-of-attorney/>
*a statement from a solicitor to say the donor was not acting under undue influence<ref name=citizensinformation-power-of-attorney/>

The courts play a general supervisory role in the implementation of the power.<ref name=citizensinformation-power-of-attorney/>