Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is not a correct interpretation of what we are doing here. When we decriminalise persons from the provisions of the 1993 Act, this paragraph will only apply to buyers. It will not apply to the women.

I stated it is also important to note that section 8 only applies to those who loiter for the purpose of soliciting another person for the purpose of obtaining that person's services. It is not the women; it is the purchaser. It is the other section.