Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 June 2022
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Discussion
Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
We all are very concerned about what we saw and the total disorganisation beforehand, with fans arriving with tickets and being excluded and then being blamed for just trying to get into a match. We have seen that broadly reflected. It was terrible that fans were being blamed. I am absolutely concerned. Certainly in the Irish context, we have good event planning. From a security perspective, the authorities there did not plan this well, and blaming everyone else is not the solution to that. Other authorities have reflected their concern and I share that. From an Irish perspective, I am confident that if we ever host a match, and I believe we have the UEFA Europa League final in 2024, we will make sure that everything is in place to provide an excellent fan experience so there would be none of these scenes in a Dublin context.
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