Mr. Bill Cox:

We did a survey of venues and capacity and we did not find that many with a capacity close to 1,000 that, to our knowledge, give rise to events that feature some level of resale. Once one goes with a designation provision there has to be some threshold and we felt, on balance, that 1,000 was the most realistic figure, with a back-up provision for the Minister to designate venues below that capacity. This is ultimately a judgment call and we feel this is a justifiable approach but we will take on board the Deputy's point and give some consideration to permitting venue operators with a capacity below that threshold to apply.