Ms Jacqueline Healy:

We are part of the core co-ordinating group of the Turn Off the Red Light campaign. Obviously, the question of what a legislative solution should be is one of the things that has come up. I agree with my colleague from the IMO that there must be an effective deterrent. Such a deterrent could even be a name-and-shame in a newspaper or a financial penalty but it needs to be something that sends out the message that this is a crime, that one cannot do it and that Irish society will not tolerate it anymore. Research needs to be carried out but our view is that the penalty, whether it is a financial penalty or imprisonment, must be effective. We have veered towards fines. Being named in a newspaper would probably be quite effective.