Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

The whole reason we are introducing the legislation is to protect women's right to access abortion services. The Minister is not comparing like with like. We are talking about a situation where a person tries to stop somebody else accessing services in Cork and then does the same in Dublin. It is not about that person accessing services; it is about stopping somebody else doing so. I do not accept the comparison. I find it bizarre that the Garda does not have a way of communicating this information or that we cannot compel it to find a way. We should tell the Garda that this is in the law and it must find a way to do it.