David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

In a review of the television programme “Sex For Sale” by RTE Investigates - that well-known, reputable group - Emmanuel Kehoe in The Sunday Business Poststated:

Viewers might be forgiven for wondering whether, when gangs can operate so successfully and openly in Ireland despite current legislation, a new law, if weakly enforced, will prove a real deterrent. Is it not likely that a few punters will get prosecuted in the full glare of tabloid publicity while the thugs remain at large, adapting their operations to the prevailing circumstance?

I do not just have compassion and interest in the welfare of the women involved. I also think of the men involved. What about the tabloid exploitation of the tiny and unrepresentative arbitrary number of people caught up in this thing? I can see suicides taking place as a result of this. It is perfectly lamentable.