Consultation Document Due for Release from DOJ on Thiursday

[Morpheus]

submitted mine, 10 pages, kept to format, very informative read. Available by email to anyone who wants to see what I wrote.

Excellent Fada. Who did you submit it to? (I presume it was to the joint oireachtas committee set up to look at this?).

I haven't found an address or email to send it to them.

You mentioned format? I presume there is a prescribed format somewhere?

Would be grateful for pointers to the above. Thanks.

[Jack in the Box]

Friendly little hint:
This is why everybody needs to be very, VERY nice to Patricia...because she already knows the details so well she can recite them in her sleep, and often does...except ye were all way to busy looking for boob shots to notice...

There are plenty of distactions on this site alright!! Well good on Patricia. It is important that we all familiarise with these details so that TOTRL doesn't get away with outrageous statements like saying that nearly all sex workers are forced into the industry, suffer from health problems or were abused when they were younger. They pick a very bad case and then try to pretend that a whole section of a population is the same.

[Jack in the Box]

I have been wondering about that Jack. The consultation document by the department of justice is fantastic!! Really - everyone should read it through!! It actually goes through the models in the U.K, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. It also covers countries that have similar type legislation such as -Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Greece. It also mentions some recent positive changes to the law in the state of Ontario in Canada.

They give pro's and con's of each model from the view point of each model's proponents and critics.

For me personally, the New Zealand model is the best, with the exception of one important prohibition - non-residents are not allowed to work as escorts! That would be the end of escorting in Ireland! The New Zealand law is a mix of decriminalization and regulation (which I think is the ideal to have some balance and prevent criminals from taking advantage of decriminalization).

Unfortunately, I don't think Ireland is ready for such an open minded approach and we may have to compromise in what is asked for. At the end of the day, escorts know best what they want and should have the final say from the pro-escorting lobby.


I hope to post more on this in the discussion thread started by Patricia.

You're right I think Morpheus. And that might win over the middle ground as well. We need to build up a lobby as strong as possible and spread the word to other like minded individuals to get involved.