Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Friday, 18 August 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Report into Ticketing at Rio Olympic Games: Discussion (Resumed)
9:00 am
Ms Sarah Keane:
The first question asked was on whether I informed the judge I was meeting the former president. I met him after I had been in with the judge so I did not have the discussion in question with the judge. Mine was a courtesy meeting with the former president as current OCI president. I have already outlined a few points we discussed.
With regard to the IOC and POCOG, my understanding of the 2010 and 2012 agreements, on which Ms O'Shea might contribute if I am not fully accurate, is that the IOC is not party to those agreements. The party in the agreement that has to approve the authorised ticket reseller is the local organising committee. It, rather than the IOC, is the body with the legal entitlement to disapprove or approve the entity. I am not exactly sure about the nature of the relationship between the IOC and the local organising committee on that. From our perspective, as the national Olympic committee, the right is with the local organising committee. That is what PyeongChang has done. Tokyo has to consider this also. The IOC may come out with something separate but, as I explained, the legal entitlement is with the local organising committee.
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