Leo Varadkar: Existing laws sufficient to stop sex-for-rent

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he wants to see people being prosecuted for demanding sex for rent and said laws already exist to allow that to happen. Picture: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he wants to see people being prosecuted for demanding sex for rent and said laws already exist to allow that to happen.

It comes as Opposition TDs and campaigners call for standalone legislation to protect the most vulnerable renters from sexual exploitation.