A seminar to examine the health effects of prostitution gets underway in Dublin today.

The event, which is being organised by the Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation, aims to highlight the long term mental and physical effects of prostitution.

The Head of Social Policy with the INMO, Edward Mathews, says he wants to see the General Scheme of the Criminal Law Sexual Offences Bill, converted into a substantive bill, and passed through the Oireachtas.