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

The Minister is not dealing with the issue. This has now turned into something bigger than it should have been. I presented a Bill to the Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation this time last year. We went through that but the Government decided to block it. It would not issue a money message. The Minister has dragged her feet on the issue and, as a result, consumers are being ripped off. She is now responsible for that. Ticket touting has been raised in this House for decades. Deputy Naughten introduced the first Bill in the 1990s. It is utter madness that this has been going for more than 20 years and we are still here talking about the issue due to the inaction of the Government. It is really frustrating for people. When she was introducing the other Bill in this area, the Minister stated that significant amendments would be needed. Will that Bill be ready and in place for those Euro 2020 games Ireland will be hosting? The Minister told us previously that she would be making substantial amendments to that Bill. When can we get sight of those? Will she outline what those amendments are going to be? We have not seen anything yet.

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