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 David CullinaneDavid 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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