Will it be third time lucky for bill to ban sex-for-rent exploitation?

Previous attempts to get a bill outlawing the practice have been mired in delays or floundered under pre-legislative scrutiny

The latest proposed legislation is the latest twist to a problem that has been too difficult to solve for the many people — mainly women — offered sex-for-rent arrangements in Ireland’s squeezed rental sector. File picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Will it be a case of third time lucky for the latest bill seeking to outlaw sex-for-rent arrangements which will be debated by the Seanad on Wednesday?

Or will it be just another notch in the ongoing saga to legislate against a practice which is targeted primarily at female international students seeking to move to Ireland?