Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This is a very important recommendation for the Minister and the HSE to hear. It seems like a big gap that could be quite easily fixed.

With regard to safe zones, outside of GP surgeries in particular, the testimony that has been put on the record today is shocking. I have heard the witnesses used the phrase "coercively controlling somebody's reproductive rights". It is appalling that this is happening. There is a campaign of intimidation and blackmail, sometimes towards a woman in a crisis situation and sometimes towards a service provider. This is important to say. It is awful that this is happening in Ireland. I know I am out of time but perhaps later the witnesses could discuss solutions for this.