Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We have raised this issue many times in the past year and a half. The Taoiseach will recall that when the Labour Party was in office, we discussed this issue as a Government. It is important to understand that people-smuggling is one of the most evil things on the planet. It often involves younger people and women, in particular, being smuggled and ending up in prostitution.

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