A report by the aid agency, Save The Children, says sexual exploitation of girls by aid workers in Liberia is still widespread, despite international promises to stamp out such abuse.
Save The Children said workers for local and international aid agencies in Liberia were trading food for sex.
It said UN peacekeeping soldiers, government officials and teachers were also demanding sex from girls, some as young as eight years old.
The UN promised to put safeguards in place after sexual abuse in the refugee camps of west Africa was first exposed four years ago.
Irish troops are not being investigated for sexually exploiting young Liberian girls, the army said today.
An army spokesman said: 'We are not investigating troops because it's not an issue.'
The spokesman added that in Liberia Irish troops are confined to their camp and there is 'a no walking out policy'.
The Irish army will not be investigating other international peacekeepers because it is not their function in Liberia.
