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 Neasa HouriganNeasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I know I am way over time.

When it comes to giving a warning, my understanding of the 2020 legislation on intimidation and harassment is that it kind of relies on a catalogue or recording of multiple instances. That is coming down the line towards the Garda. It seems to me that what the witnesses are describing is such that there would have to be three engagements with an individual before any actual record of engagement. Am I right in thinking that? The witnesses are describing an approach involving educating, engaging, encouraging and enforcing, and I think one of the witnesses said gardaí do the three Es without recording. Is that correct?

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