Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Review of Legislation on Prostitution: Discussion (Resumed)

2:25 pm

Mr. Fergus Healy:

The nature of the industry is such that it involves moving transient people around the country. Our experience is that once they become involved in the lifestyle associated with the industry, it is quite difficult to leave it. People become involved for a variety of reasons. There are significant financial gains for everybody concerned. In one sense, the lifestyle might be appealing from a financial perspective, but it is a sinister world in which they operate and from our experience it can be very difficult to leave it.