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)

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It related to the risk posed by the public identification of the centres, hospitals, GP practices, etc., that are providing the services. For instance, as a citizen, I do not want to and should not be able to drive onto a street or a road and identify where services of a particular nature are being provided. This is provided that those services are legal and that they are being provided by the law of the land, which these are. I would not like to see a situation or a loophole whereby the intention to protect these people might also be a means of highlighting the service for the benefit of the protestor.

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