Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Review of Legislation on Prostitution: Discussion
2:55 pm
Dr. Gillian Wylie:
It has not proven to be workable. Reports from the Department of Justice, Equality and Defence anti-human-trafficking task force suggest that there has been only one conviction for adult sex trafficking to date. There were five convictions in 2010 but most of those people were prosecuted under the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act. The legislation is not workable.