Ivana Bacik (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I was struck by Ms Latham's point that Ireland has a sizeable sex market led by Irish men's demands but serviced by migrant, impoverished women. This sums up the harms Ms Latham has observed in her clinical practice. I am also interested in her point that it is not a case of either/or. Clearly support needs to be given to exit strategies and routes out, whatever legal model for the regulation of prostitution is adopted. Will she expand on the current model, under which trafficking is singled out for particular criminalisation? Ms Latham stated that the sellers of sex she has observed are similar, irrespective of their routes into prostitution. The question of blurring of lines comes up. Is it hard to distinguish between those who have been trafficked and those who have not but are in prostitution?