Catherine Noone (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

My understanding of what was agreed, and I ask that someone correct me if they think me inaccurate on this, is that as we went along we, as a committee, would decide when it suited us to vote. A modular approach could obviously have been open to votes after each module, but my understanding is that that was to be agreed as we went along. Deputy Bríd Smith was not on the committee at the time so I understand why she is asking the question. My understanding is that this matter is really up to the committee. We made the decision to vote but left it open to movement, depending on circumstances. There was some concession on the last vote, for example, but I do not need to go into that because Deputy Bríd Smith watched it and she knows what I mean.