Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 January 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Review of Legislation on Prostitution: Discussion (Resumed)

3:30 pm

Photo of Pádraig Mac LochlainnPádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

When the committee was in Sweden, the point was made on a number of occasions that while some women and men are in prostitution of their own free will and want to remain there, we cannot legislate for the minority but must legislate for the majority. I put this to the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland representative here last week, but I will now put the question to Ms Latham. Does she think there is a way we could legislate to facilitate those women who, according to Dr. Freedman and others, want to remain in prostitution and to provide a service?

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