Sex-for-rent: 'I personally think if I was at the house alone I could have got raped'

Justice Minister Helen McEntee told the Dáil there was no legislation currently in place to deal with the practice but the Departments of Justice and Housing are considering advice from the attorney general on the issue.

A young woman who moved out of rented accommodation in Waterford City after her landlord told her she could live there free in exchange for sex, was shocked when he turned up at her workplace the following day.

The incident occurred after she responded to an advertisement for a room last October.