Ms Linda Latham:

Again, in all or our reports and estimates, danger and violence are inherent in prostitution, regardless of whether it is on the streets or indoors or whether it is legal or, as currently, not legal, although there is a technicality with regard to whether there is one person or two people involved. Fundamentally, it is not legal to prostitute here. Currently women still come in to our services. They come from all over the country, not just from larger towns - a great presentation was made on Limerick - to Dublin to access services. Men who have to buy sex must be able to find women. It is easy to locate these women and I do not feel the "underground" argument carries any weight.