David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will move on to the issue of warnings because I raised it in previous hearings with the Department, the HSE and An Garda Síochána. One problem we have is that somebody at healthcare facility A is given a warning but a few hours later, he or she is at healthcare facility B and a fresh warning must be given. Mr. O'Connor has expressed an opinion and it is the Department's legal advice that global warnings are problematic. Can he explain in a bit more detail why that is the case regarding the scenario I offered up as an example? We know there are serial protesters. Thankfully, they are small in number but it does not matter how small they are. The impact on the service user is what this legislation needs to deal with. It needs to protect people using the service so regardless of whether it is one person, 50 people or 100 people, it is one too many if it creates a problem for the people providing and using a service. Regarding an example whereby person A is at facility A and gets a warning, then moves on to facility B and gets a fresh warning and then moves on to facilities C and D and so on, is that what will happen under this legislation? What is Mr. O'Connor's understanding of it?