Advocacy group working to prevent child trafficking seeks meeting with children's minister

Advocacy group working to prevent child trafficking seeks meeting with children's minister

Tusla said 24 reports of suspected sexual exploitation of children in care were made to gardaí last year. File picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

An organisation working to prevent children being trafficked is seeking a meeting with the new minister for children to discuss the issue.

The meeting is being sought by Mercy Efforts for Child Protection against Trafficking with the Hospitality and Services Sectors, known as Mecpaths, as Tusla said 24 reports of suspected sexual exploitation of children in care were made to gardaí last year. 

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