Sex-for-rent issue could impact around 3,900 Irish households

International comparators provide 'troubling indications' regarding the prevalence of the problem in Ireland, Threshold's Gavin Elliott said. File Picture.

The issue of sex-for-rent could affect nearly 3,900 households in Ireland, a tenant representative body has said.

A Dáil committee has heard that something must be done “urgently” about the issue of sex-for-rent, and that recent reporting on the matter may “only be the tip of the iceberg”.