Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 23 January 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Review of Legislation on Prostitution: Discussion (Resumed)
3:00 pm
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
In the main, what age groups are being dealt with? Is there an increased demand on foot of the normalisation of pornography and the appearance of prostitutes in television programmes and films? If so, would a public awareness programme by, for example, the HSE be useful to challenge people's behaviour by asking them to think about its impact on their own families, as well as to think about where a person has come from, why he or she is in the relevant circumstances and whether he or she might be part of a criminal organisation? For years we drove around without safety belts, whereas now no one would take that chance. Behaviour can be changed. Would a campaign be useful to challenge behaviour and reduce demand?
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