Time to curb demand for prostitution

We are asking Minister for Justice, Frances Fitzgerald, given her commitment to reducing prostitution, to introduce laws that will end exploitation and human trafficking.

It is good that she is considering a ‘follow the money’ approach. She should implement the recommendations of the Oireachtas Justice Committee from June of last year and target the buyers of sex.

The committee studied 800 detailed submissions in six months of hearings, during which senior Gardaí said that organised crime gangs, foreign and domestic, run Irish prostitution.