Sinn Féin to publish new law to ban sex-for-rent

Deputy Eoin Ó Broin said: 'Seeking sex for rent is a disgusting predatory form of behaviour. It should be outlawed'

Sinn Féin housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin has published legislation today which would criminalise a landlord seeking a sex-for-rent arrangement. File photo: Gareth Chaney/ Collins Photos

New legislation to criminalise sex-for-rent offers will be brought before the Dáil by Sinn Féin next month in a second bid by opposition parties to ban such arrangements.

Sinn Féin housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin has published legislation today which would criminalise a landlord seeking a sex-for-rent arrangement. It would also criminalise the advertising of such offers under the Residential Tenancies Act.