Michael Collins & Company LLP

An Enduring Power of Attorney can only be activated in the event that you lose the mental capacity to manage your own affairs including your finances and your property.  To create an Enduring Power of Attorney, we need your written authority to engage with the Director of Support Services, a new Government Agency, and we also need comprehensive ID and address verification documentation.  Your G.P. and another healthcare professional, such as a registered nurse, must also certify that you have the mental capacity to create an Enduring Power of Attorney and to understand same.  Subsequently, the Enduring Power of Attorney can only be activated if your G.P., and another medical practitioner certify that you have lost mental capacity and are no longer able to manage your own affairs.

Apart from certification by a G.P., or registered medical practitioner and by another Healthcare professional there is a further in built protection in that all family members must be notified in writing of your creation of the Enduring Power of Attorney.  It cannot therefore be a family secret but is created in an open manner.

How much does creation of an Enduring Power of Attorney cost?  The cost of an Enduring Power of Attorney, created with our assistance, can be estimated as follows;

1. Professional fee € 1,000.00
2. 23% VAT € 230.00
3. Medical Certificate from your G.P. € 150.00
4. Medical Certificate from another Healthcare Professional  € 150.00
5. Registered Post € 50.00

Total €1,580.00