Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion

4:00 pm

Photo of Tom NevilleTom Neville (Limerick County, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the spirit and the sentiment of the Bill. I also commend my colleague, Deputy Noel Rock. He has been a champion on this since he was elected in February 2016. He has gone to extraordinary lengths on this. I have looked at videos online where he has confronted ticket touts on what is being done, let alone what is being done by the "bots". I also commend Deputy Quinlivan but Deputy Rock has to be recognised too. As a Deputy, he has gone over and above in bravely confronting some of these touts publicly; that must be acknowledged. I have seen some of his videos on Twitter. I welcome the spirit of the legislation.

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