Government called on to make sex-for-rent a criminal offence when Dáil returns 

Eoin Ó Broin: 'It is indicative of a Government who time and again has been very very slow to move to protect renters.' Picture: Gareth Chaney/ Collins 

The Government has been called on to make sex-for-rent a criminal offence as soon as the Dáil returns in the autumn.

Sinn Féin's housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin has said it is "remarkable" the Government has failed to introduce legislation to protect vulnerable renters from sexual exploitation.