The Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald is being called on to include sex buyer laws in the Sexual Offences Bill.

The legislation is currently making its way through the Óireachtas.

Activists from the Turn Off the Red Light Campaign want to see men who buy sex criminalised, instead of women who work as prostitutes.

CEO of the Men's Development Network Alan O'Neill, has said we need to look at the experience of other countries in Europe.

“Equivalent to what is called the Nordic model, it is applied in Sweden and in other Scandinavian countries,” Mr O’ Neill said.

“What it does is it makes it safe for women to exit prostitution by criminalising the men who buy women for sex which we see as one of the most savage sides of sexism and patriarchy and the hatred and oppression of women by men who do this.”