Mr. Muiris O'Connor:

It was about proportionality and recognising the constitutional right to freedom of expression, freedom to protest and then finding a zone that protected access and egress from healthcare facilities. An area of 100 m came into play reasonably early. It is a distance that people have a reasonable specific sense of and we had to do some boundary. Discussions with the Attorney General on the refinement of the legislation has raised problems around the term "curtilage", which I had not heard before this piece of work. Again, that is not commonly understood and makes it difficult for the garda's interaction with an individual. We are moving to something much more specific now. It will be 100 m from entrance or egress points for healthcare facilities, which is a distance that is a bit more operational.