David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am not. I am addressing these amendments directly. The amendments amount to legislation on their own. They introduce a completely new concept into Irish law. That is why I am taking this opportunity because it is the only opportunity I will get. I cannot speak a second time and I want to put my arguments into the Official Report. It is only 3.15 p.m. and we have until 5 p.m. The report states:

Sex workers worry about a potential decrease in security, worse working conditions and increased risks if paying for sex was criminalised.

Some sex workers are concerned about the loss of decent clients and an increase of violent clients, and an increased involvement of organised crime groups and ‘pimps’.

That is who we should be going after, the pimps, not the mainly women who are involved.