Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Review of Legislation on Prostitution: Discussion

3:15 pm

Ms Denise Charlton:

I will leave it to Barnardos to explain, but the majority of the children who have come to the attention of the anti-trafficking unit are migrant children.

With regard to the research, somebody asked earlier about demand and whether we know anything about men's behaviour and the culture. There is a great deal of money being spent in Europe to examine demand and what deters men from buying. The immigrant council and others will be involved in a piece of research, but there is much evidence out there. One of the greatest deterrents to buying is legislation that penalises buying.