Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána

Photo of Róisín ShortallRóisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Reference has been made to the parameters of the safe access zones and signage. Is that really a feasible proposal given the extent of the facilities that are intended to be used? There are hundreds at the moment. We are still very conscious of the fact that only about half of the maternity hospitals, for example, provide services but we have been told that they will albeit in the future and one in eight GP surgeries provides services. It is expected that the number of facilities will expand very substantially so is it feasible to talk about having signage outside all of these facilities?

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