Legislation outlawing sex-for-rent included in bill to be examined by Cabinet today

(Left to right): John-Mark McCafferty, CEO of Threshold;  Laura Harmon, Executive Director of  ICOS (Irish Council for International Students); Ivanna Youtchak, violence against women coordinator, National Women’s Council and Brian Hearne, Policy and Communications manager at ICOS at the launch of a report last month ‘Renting in Ireland: The Housing Crisis from the Perspective of International Students' calling on the minister for justice to act swiftly to outlaw sex-for-rent offers and adverts. File photo: Gareth Chaney

A new bill seeking to outlaw sex-for-rent and tackling the universal use of counselling notes in sexual assault trials is being brought to the Cabinet for approval on Tuesday.

The General Scheme of Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025 is being brought by the Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan.