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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Data (23 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 126. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of local enterprise office jobs created per county in 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22777/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Targets (23 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 127. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the job creation targets for the IDA, Enterprise Ireland and local enterprise offices in each of the years 2018 to 2022, in tabular form. [22779/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (23 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 193. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has calculated the estimated cost to the State of bogus self-employment per annum; if so, the potential cost per annum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22786/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta Data (23 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 206. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of Údarás na Gaeltachta jobs created per county in 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22778/18]

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)

Maurice Quinlivan: I will start by thanking my colleagues on the Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation for the invitation to present the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017. I introduced the Bill in response to the public's ongoing frustration at ticket touting. Almost every time tickets for a match or concert go on sale, the media coverage is dominated by frustrated...

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)

Maurice Quinlivan: When we talk about "bots", we are talking about online sites that hoover up tickets when they go on sale. They take quite a number of tickets, so they will not be available to genuine fans when they go on sale. This Bill would probably not solve that completely but it would tackle it. If we take the profit out of the ticket, then the need for the "bots" is probably diminished.

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)

Maurice Quinlivan: As we researched this, we found the danger is that secondary sites are often selling tickets they do not have. They are gambling that they will be able to get those tickets and then sell them on at a profit. It is not sustainable and there needs to be legislation. Ed Sheeran was mentioned. I commend him again. He has made the best effort he could but it did cause some problems where a...

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)

Maurice Quinlivan: -----that was bought genuinely for a cousin or friend. We have all had the problem where we buy tickets in good faith in advance and then, a good number of times, something like a family event comes up and it is not possible to go. We need to make provision for that. I also understand that some people bought five or six tickets to Ed Sheeran and then the secondary person had to turn up to...

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)

Maurice Quinlivan: Yes, it has.

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)

Maurice Quinlivan: It is referred here.

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)

Maurice Quinlivan: That is correct.

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)

Maurice Quinlivan: It is my 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)

Maurice Quinlivan: I do.

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)

Maurice Quinlivan: We looked at that and changed it twice before we published the Bill. We are saying that it will be an offence. If gardaí suspect that tickets are being sold, they will have the power to go into a property and confiscate the tickets. Is that what the Chair was asking?

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)

Maurice Quinlivan: Yes.

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)

Maurice Quinlivan: The Bill aims to give the gardaí extra powers-----

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)

Maurice Quinlivan: If they believe a breach of the law has taken place or is taking place. It has also been claimed that criminal gangs are involved in this and are benefiting from this because of a lack of legislation in the area. We have a concern about that. I believe these powers are both needed and are proportionate for that reason. That is why it is in the Bill.

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)

Maurice Quinlivan: I cannot see the powers being used that much. It would be just outside of a venue. As the Chair said, if a person was there with his or her kids and saw ticket touting, he or she could alert the gardaí or the gardaí might be there themselves.

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)

Maurice Quinlivan: They might.

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)

Maurice Quinlivan: I know the frustration that people have when the touts are outside.