Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Department requested submissions on ticket touting and there were 24 submissions which I referenced earlier. I will quote from two of them. The GAA stated: "Touting in its various forms should be classified as criminal activity with appropriate penalties in place, whether this be on the street, online, or private trading of tickets above face value ...". Peter Aiken stated: "We would like to see the resale of tickets by third parties criminalised." There is a problem and we need to deal with it. Mr. Cox is trying to give the impression that there is not a problem. He said it is a minor issue but we hear about it all the time. Deputy Rock has left but he said that he has received hundreds of emails on the issue. I have received the same number. Every time a concert or sporting event is held, people are on to me because they were unable to get tickets.