Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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502. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation to address human trafficking for the purposes of prostitution. [40970/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008 made it an offence to traffick a person for the purpose of sexual exploitation. The definition of sexual exploitation includes prostitution. A person found guilty of this offence is liable to life imprisonment.