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Politicians invited to visit Escort Ireland offices to discuss new sex laws

Prostitutes’ ad agency wants open dialogue over reforms

PATRICK COUNIHAN,

IrishCentral Staff Writer

Published Monday, September 3, 2012, 7:56 AM

Updated Monday, September 3, 2012, 7:56 AM

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Escort Ireland wants to meet with the Irish Government to discuss prostitution laws

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Ireland’s sex industry is fighting back – and wants frank and open debate with the Government on the prostitution issue.

The website Escort Ireland has even invited government ministers to visit their offices to discuss proposed law changes.

An online advertising outlet for the sex industry, Escort Ireland wants politicians to reconsider proposals to put the squeeze on prostitutes according to a report in the Irish Sun.

Politicians are currently studying new laws designed to make it illegal for punters to pay for sex.
But Escort Ireland has made a lengthy submission to the government committee charged with the legal review.

Their submission states: “We believe there is nothing wrong with someone paying for sexual services and most clients are decent people.

“We don’t think adults should be prosecuted for privately paying other consenting adults for sex.”

Escort Ireland by-passes a ban on advertising sex services by operating from the UK and warned against driving the business underground, according to the report.

Their submission added: “We feel the views of sex workers are the views that need to be heard more than any others.”

In response, Justice and Equality Committee member and Fine Gael TD David Stanton told the Irish Sun: “The committee should be careful about what weight it affords certain submissions like this one.

“There are all sorts of people involved in prostitution and they have their own agendas.”

However, Independent TD Finian McGrath, who also serves on the committee, said: “I am opposed to anyone who profits from prostitution but their views have to be taken into account.”

The paper reports that up to 1,000 women are offered for sex every day through the internet in Ireland.

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merefalow | Sep 04, 2012, 08:26 PM EDT

what every civilized country should be doing is to legalize,tax it,outlaw the pimps and human traffickers,and violent predatory exploiters of women,introduce health checks safe guards,so that only women who wish to indulge in this business do so ,also stamp out arranged marriage to underage girls,against their will.the suffragettes haven't succeeded in obtaining emancipation for all women.

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RedBranch | Sep 03, 2012, 05:19 PM EDT

Any names for the up and coming swath of Irish brothels? We got the Shady Lady and Mustang 'Ranches' in Nevada...

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LilPaddy | Sep 03, 2012, 03:25 PM EDT

I think exactly as Eschetic's comment below: So read that one as coming from both of us!!! Will the rest ever come into the real world????

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Murph46 | Sep 03, 2012, 01:41 PM EDT

The lesson learned in America-you can't police morality!

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Springfield9 | Sep 03, 2012, 12:32 PM EDT

First, to be involved in this industry you must be able to show Irish origins for the past 100 years. That ends traffic in providers. Second, for the benefit of the "worry people" - Professionals in this industry are responsible for 2% to 3% of the STDs. The bulk of this problem originates with Mary Jane ....down the road.

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Eschetic | Sep 03, 2012, 10:02 AM EDT

Isn't it a pity most politicians refuse to be adults (and probably always will so long as the voters they depend on insist on juvenile attitudes)? While real *adults* know that some things it is simply *tacky* to pay for, they also know that that outlet for the frustrated has been around long before the religions which make a cult of denouncing it, and will probably be around long after they have faded before rational skepticism. So long as sexually transmitted diseases remain as big a problem as the dysfunctional families and individuals which create a NEED for "sex workers", how much better for a SANE government to LICENSE, REGULATE and TAX the inevitable, and in the process keep it as safe and clean as possible! ...but so long as hypocrisy is not condemned by the average voter and pandering is rewarded, RATIONAL solutions will be hard to come by. Sad.

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