Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Therefore, four people on this committee were contacted. This is a bit of a coincidence. Would Mr. Algeo accept that it seems to be a bit of a coincidence for four out of 13 members of this committee to have been contacted? Would he accept this seems like a high number? I refer to members of this committee being contacted by a polling company, regarding our attitude to many of the topics raised here today, in the few weeks before the regulator was due to appear before this committee and some five weeks before the representatives of the national lottery were also to appear. I assure Mr. Algeo that my responses to the questions would be interesting, and if Red C wishes to provide this information to the company, it can. I will not stop it from doing so. Does Mr. Algeo not find it unusual and odd that at least four members of this committee were contacted in the month or so before the regulator and he were due to appear before us?