Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 7 March 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion
4:00 pm
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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What advice did the regulator receive on balancing the public interest and commercial sensitivity? Mr. Sloyan is coming to an Oireachtas committee. We are the legislators and also accountable to the people. Mr. Sloyan is, in essence, accountable to us. When he says he cannot discuss a lot of stuff because of commercial sensitivity, it could be seen as he does not really want to talk about some issues. I could be unfair in saying that, but I am trying to get at the public interest and how the regulator balances it with that which is commercially sensitive.