Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Department of Health (Resumed)

Mr. Muiris O'Connor:

It is not done under the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994. There is a lot of interaction and I would say that in a lot of cases a warning is delivered but it is verbal and it is not intended to be documented. The garda then can press and say to someone they have been warned and they are now being charged with failure to comply with direction from a garda. A person is basically busted in those circumstances.

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