Mary White (Fianna Fail)

This issue is really a matter of life or death. It is below the surface and we do not meet it every day. As legislators, we have a serious responsibility to educate, as Senator Mullen said. If it is taken as a serious offence to be a client in such a situation, they must get the message that it is not acceptable in Ireland. We must provide a good example and do it in our own unique way. We do not have to be bound by any other countries' methods. Irish missionaries have worked in Africa to bring people out of poverty and destitution. I feel I have an obligation to all the priests and nuns who are doing stellar work in combating the terribly murky area of human trafficking. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform should examine these amendments more closely because they are good.