Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Anti-Austerity Alliance)
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There was a case in Galway a month or so ago in which a number of women were fined heavily in court because they had been found guilty of being sex workers. However, the people at the top are being fined relatively paltry sums. The women concerned should not have been fined. The Tánaiste says she will bring forward an amendment, but how severe will it be? It is the case that it is only a five year term of imprisonment. Some of the sentences that can be handed down for other offences include life imprisonment. Does the Tánaiste have an idea of what she will propose in her amendment?