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
Mr. Bill Cox:
There is certainly evidence for the US but the US is a very different market compared with Ireland. It is a recent trend in Ireland. I do not want to comment on what is going to happen with particular events. It may not work at all for some of them, but as I said, that is an issue for the promoters and artists. It is a growing trend, however, and it does raise a question about legislating to prohibit what are regarded as excessive prices on the secondary market in a situation in which secondary-type prices are increasingly being charged on the primary market for big events.