Ticket Touting

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 November 2016

Wednesday, 30 November 2016

Questions (198)

Thomas P. Broughan

Question:

198. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 558 of 22 November 2016, the examination he is undertaking of the secondary ticket market; the measures he will take to regulate such a market and halt the practice of tickets being resold at greatly inflated higher prices; his views on whether this practice is a gross distortion of the market and anti competitive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37956/16]

Written answers

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport

Regulation of the sale and resale of tickets is primarily a matter for my colleague the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

However, in the context of the public concern about the secondary sale of tickets for major sporting events, I have held discussions with the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in regard to the need to introduce measures aimed at securing fairer access to tickets for consumers.

My officials are engaging with officials at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to consider how best an examination could be undertaken with a view to identifying such measures.