Government to draft own legislation to ban sex for rent practices

A proposed law seeks to criminalise the advertising of sex for rent offers, and the hosting of such advertisements.

The Green Party chairman of the Oireachtas housing committee says he expects the Government will draft its own legislation to outlaw sex for rent to speed up the process of legislating against it.

Steven Matthews said there is an urgency to tackle the area, following an investigation into sex for rent in Ireland by the Irish Examiner, first published last December.