Minister admits 'we don’t have a timeframe' for laws against sex-for-rent practices

Minster for Justice Helen McEntee said: "We are moving as quickly as we can and we have a huge amount of work in the zero-tolerance strategy to try and address a number of different issues."

The Minister for Justice has admitted there is no timeframe for legislation to outlaw sex-for-rent practices 18 months after the government pledged to tackle it.

Minister Helen McEntee described landlords seeking sex-for-rent arrangements, by preying on vulnerable people desperately seeking accommodation, as “absolutely horrendous”. She also highlighted a lengthy investigation carried out into sex-for-rent practices by the Irish Examiner since December 2021.