Services Sector
Dail Éireann — 2024-10-24
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Louise O'Reilly (SF), Dublin Fingal

I raised the issue of dynamic pricing with the Minister in February. At that stage, he said he did not have a concern on the basis that the CCPC had reported that the incidents were few. Even a few incidents would be a few too many. I am glad there is a realisation that there is in fact an issue. It is a pity that came off the back of complaints from people. As the Minister said, over a hundred complaints were received.
It is entirely possible for large and famous touring groups to limit their prices, and some of them do. As I read, The Cure is one of them. People are, in effect, being held to ransom by two brothers from Manchester. People wait in a queue for hours and hours and at the end find their friend bought a ticket for €180 and could stand beside them in the same venue having paid €450 for the same ticket. That is not right. I fully respect that legislation was passed to stop people getting ripped off by ticket touts. We now need strong legislation and a strong response to stop people getting people ripped off in this way.

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Sitting date: 2024-10-24