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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Mary Butler: I welcome Deputy Maurice Quinlivan, the sponsor of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017, and Mr. David McFadden to the meeting to scrutinise the Bill. In accordance with procedure, I am required to read out the following. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to this...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Mary Butler: I will ask a few questions myself first. I thank the Deputy for his work on this. I know other Deputies have done quite a lot of work on it. Everyone accepts it is a huge issue. I will give the committee an example. Three weeks ago, my daughters and I were going to see "Matilda" in the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre. It was a present from Santa Claus for one of my daughters, who is 12...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Mary Butler: Normally what we see in those instances is that tickets can go on sale at 8 a.m. and they can be on another site by 10 a.m. at a very inflated price.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Mary Butler: Than the ID.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy. Are there any questions from the floor? I call on Senator Davitt.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Neville. Are there three individual Bills at the moment in Bill space as we will call it? Does Deputy Rock have a Bill as well?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Rock for his constructive thoughts. Has Deputy Quinlivan's Bill gone through Second Stage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Mary Butler: It is referred to us now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Mary Butler: However, we cannot take it until we get a money message at the same time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Mary Butler: I have a question on paragraph 3 on page 3 of Deputy Quinlivan's submission.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Mary Butler: It is actually the second last page. It is page 5. Does the Deputy see where I am reading? It is the third paragraph down.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Mary Butler: It reads: "The Bill aims to give the gardaí powers to arrest, search and confiscate tickets if they believe a breach of the law has or is taking place." Will Deputy Quinlivan expand on that please?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Mary Butler: If somebody was standing outside a venue selling tickets----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Mary Butler: -----and he or she was making it known that they were touts, is it proposed that the gardaí could arrest-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Mary Butler: They would have extra powers to arrest and search the person, and confiscate tickets if they-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Mary Butler: Can I just ask-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Mary Butler: They might just ask him to stop.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Mary Butler: Say for example-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Mary Butler: It might be an ordinary person and they might end up with a third ticket for a match. He or she might have bought three tickets and only two went on the day-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Mary Butler: They pass them on at face value.