Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Review of Legislation on Prostitution: Discussion (Resumed)

2:45 pm

Photo of Jonathan O'BrienJonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have a question for Mr. Paul Maguire. He touched on the issue in his previous contribution. He stated he was so concerned about one individual that he made a report to the authorities. How many cases were of such concern that he felt obliged to report them to the authorities as soon as possible? Is it known what happened to some of the women who were being trailed by the programme? Were they rescued from the situations or did they leave the industry? The programme-makers were following people over a lengthy period of time. They would have observed the natural progression of people coming into the business and leaving it. I ask Mr. Maguire to give an indication of how those who managed to escape the industry managed to do so.

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