Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Okay, I will come back to Dr. McNamara on two points and then I will stop. My point with regard to the curtilage is that members of the Garda do not have a problem. The ordinary garda on the beat does not have a problem about the curtilage around a polling station. They are immediately on top of people who go over the 50 m limit. Members of the Garda understand what the curtilage is in that instance and do not have a problem identifying it. Polling stations can also be vastly different types of buildings. A community centre could have four entrances and big parking spaces around it with a polling station inside. A polling station could be in an old Catholic school with railings that go on forever. They can be very different. They do not have a problem understanding. I really do not understand why this business about the 100 m from the curtilage has become such a big issue. It should be clear that a person cannot go within 100 m of where that service is being provided.