Mick Wallace wants prostitution and cannabis legalised

Newly elected independent TD Mick Wallace has argued for the legalisation of prostitution in Ireland.

In an interview with Hot Press, the outspoken Wexford TD forwarded the idea that the legalisation of the trade would significantly improve the welfare of the women working in the trade.

Wallace, a building contractor by trade, went on to state that legalising the oldest profession in the world would make it much easier to regulate.

“If you think, it’s a better scenario than where the girls work in very poor conditions, get very badly treated, and live in fear of the pimps that control them all the time.

“Plus, clients decide to use prostitutes that aren’t always in as healthy a state as they should be, because there’s no health controls on it… It doesn’t actually make sense to have it illegal.”

He went on to express his backing for the proposal by Luke “Ming” Flanagan, to have cannabis legalised.

“Cannabis now being imported into Ireland was sometimes being sprayed with plastic in order to increase its weight” explained Wallace.

“If the drug was legalised, the Revenue Commissioners would be able to levy its sale and could put those funds towards drug prevention programmes”

Although he supports the legalisation of the drug, he does not indulge in it himself.

“I like a pint of Guinness and some nice red wine, that does me fine,” said the man from the sunny South East.