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Thu 05 May 2009Ahern asked to curtail use of mobile phones as sex industry infrastructure
MINISTER FOR Justice Dermot Ahern will consider the possibility of removing certain mobile phone numbers from the State’s phone system in a bid to curtail the growth in prostitution.
The Minister was responding during Dáil justice questions to Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim) who highlighted the report of the Immigrant Council of Ireland, which estimates that the sex industry in Ireland is valued at €180 million a year.
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