The Justice Minister has admitted he has voted for a colleague in the Dail chamber on a couple of occasions.
Charlie Flanagan says that members sometimes vote for a deputy who is running to the chamber with moments to go before a vote closes.
Two separate investigations are underway after it emerged FF's Niall Collins voted six times for his party colleague Timmy Dooley when he wasn't in the chamber.
The party's Brexit spokesperson Lisa Chambers has also admitted voting 'in error' on behalf of the deputy leader Dara Calleary last week.
Minister Charlie Flanagan says there are circumstances where colleagues vote for one another - but that this is different from the Timmy Dooley controversy: 'Somebody might be racing down the stairs with three seconds to go and they might say press my button, here I am. I may have done it from time to time.'
