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

I must ask an obvious question in that regard. One of the criticisms of the Swedish model is that it drives women underground, because the men who purchase sex are criminalised. Therefore, decriminalisation for women is not a better scenario for them, because the user is criminalised. The argument made is that it puts them in more danger in terms of what they do.

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