Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the committee members for a very interesting engagement and discussion. At the outset of this process, when we said we would go to the committees and not have a vote in the Dáil, I predicted that it was likely that people would not change their minds. That is not necessarily a bad thing. It means that all the issues have been aired and at least we know the items on which we agree and disagree. I hope the members will allow the Dáil to have a democratic vote on this in due course because that is the very least, we should expect in a democracy.