2017 Act review is three years late and counting...
We all know that the legal profession aren't great at diaries and calendars. But the review has been held up because a lawyer is busy with other stuff. This affects thousands of providers, and many more clients who are probably voters as well.
https://www.thejournal.ie/review-int...85555-Feb2024/
THERE IS STILL no sign of a review into Ireland’s sex work legislation more than three years after it was first due to be published.The Department of Justice has “considered the best options to conclude the review in a timely and thorough” manner, a spokesperson told The Journal.It’s expected that Justice Minister Helen McEntee “will be in a position to decide on the next steps in the near future so that the review can be completed without any further undue delay”, they added.However, no exact timeline was given.The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act was contentious when it came into effect in 2017.The Sex Workers Alliance of Ireland (SWAI) was among those critical of the fact the legislation criminalised the purchase of sex. The alliance has long called for the decriminalisation of sex work.The Government promised to carry out a review of the 2017 Act within three years.
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In July 2023, Justice Minister Helen McEntee told the Dáil her department and Butler had “mutually agreed” that it wasn’t possible for her to finish the review due to her workload in other areas.
At the time McEntee said that Butler had been “very helpful… in making available to my department the documentation and the research” done to date.The minister said her department would “advertise shortly to commission a new person to complete the review”, noting that “a huge body of work” had been completed at that point.
“It is just the writing up of a report,” she added.
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