Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2016, published 106th ILC session (2017)

Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) - Ireland (Ratification: 1999)

Practical application of the Convention. Following its previous comments, the Committee notes the detailed information provided by the Government with regard to the trafficking of persons. The Government’s report indicates that according to the 2014 Annual Report of Trafficking in Human Beings, in 2014, An Garda Siochàna (the police) investigated 79 cases of trafficking in persons involving 46 alleged victims. Of this, nine minors were reported as victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation. The Committee also notes that cases related to trafficking of a minor male for criminal activities and a female minor for forced begging were also investigated in 2014. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the convictions and penalties applied in cases related to the trafficking of children.