Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Review of Legislation on Prostitution: Discussion

2:15 pm

Photo of Katherine ZapponeKatherine Zappone (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Healy and Ms O'Connor for their presentation and the expression of these views.

My first question has to do with the diversity of women's experience. I know from some of my former work of the extraordinary diversity among the membership of the National Women's Council of Ireland. Because of that diversity, I am interested that the council is coming out with these very strong recommendations. There are some who would say a move towards the Swedish model would offer us a one-size-fits-all approach. Given the diversity of women's experience, there may be some who freely choose to enter into prostitution and feel their human right to make this choice is not being violated.

I think the witnesses may have had some of those discussions in the context of coming to a resolution to make these recommendations. Do the witnesses have views to share on this point?

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