Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am glad to hear that hint of a hint that things might not be set in stone. Going back to what the Minister said about the passage of the legislation through the Dáil and what happened on Second Stage, Committee Stage, and Report Stage, I was just trying to work out how it was that he was defeated on these matters. Who or which parties were involved? In particular, did Sinn Féin support the Minister in this matter in the Dáil? Were Fine Gael and Sinn Féin defeated on this matter or was it a matter on which Sinn Féin diverged from the Government's proposals?