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
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
My question is whether it is possible to keep records of warnings. I imagine that if there were a record of warnings, it would be much easier, from a policing perspective, to manage serial offenders in multiple locations. In the absence of record-keeping, people could just move on from one healthcare facility to another, getting warnings in each one, and the Garda would not really be able to do anything about it if gardaí had to issue fresh warnings at every healthcare facility. If, however, the warnings were consistent across all facilities, and if that could be tracked through record-keeping, I imagine that, from a policing perspective, that would be more beneficial. The question, then, is whether it is allowable or permissible to keep records of warnings in this instance.
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