Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)

I referred the Senator to the 1993 Act from which he has quoted in answer to the question he raised, that a client could not be convicted. The Act refers clearly to the fact that a client soliciting in public can be convicted and the Senator has read out the section dealing with that. I did not say this Act dealt with all the issues that Senator Mullen raised. I quoted the lines Senator O'Toole quoted, "A person who in a street or public place solicits or importunes another person or other persons for the purposes of prostitution shall be guilty of an offence" in answer to his question, when I commenced my final contribution.