Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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85. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action she is taking to combat the problem of ticket touting. [41146/17]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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My predecessor as Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O'Connor T.D., published a consultation paper on the resale of tickets for entertainment and sporting events on 20 January 2017 along with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and the then Minister for Tourism and Sport. The 24 responses to the consultation were published on the Department's website on 9 May 2017. Officials of my Department are currently engaged in follow-up discussions with sporting bodies, event promoters, consumer bodies, primary ticketing service providers and secondary ticket marketplaces with a view to identifying possible measures aimed at helping ensure that ticket markets work better for consumers. My officials are also pursuing enquiries with public authorities in European Union member states with laws that prohibit or restrict ticket resale on the experience with, and effectiveness of, these laws.