Tipperary County Council · Minutes of Proceedings of Monthly Meeting of Tipperary County Council held on 8th December 2025 · 8 December 2025
A vote on a motion expressing dismay at the intention to abolish the Triple Lock on the deployment of the Defence Forces and calling on the Government to hold a referendum on keeping or removing it.
Summary written by AI from the minutes. The motion as recorded follows.
The Council expresses its dismay at the intention to abolish the Triple Lock which governs the deployment of Irish Defence Forces and calls on the government to hold a referendum to allow the people of Ireland make that decision to keep or remove the Triple Lock
Proposed by Cllr. Jim Ryan; seconded by Cllr. David Dunne.
The minutes record: The Meetings Administrator noted the result of the vote as 18 for the amendment, 14 against with 8 councillors deemed absent when the vote was called. He deemed the amendment as proposed, passed.
| Party | Tá | Níl | Staon | Didn't vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| Fianna Fáil | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Fine Gael | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Labour Party | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Workers and Unemployed Action | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
None
Tá, Níl and Staon are the minutes’ for, against and abstained. “Didn’t vote” covers councillors on the council that day whom the minutes don’t list under any option, for any reason. Parties are as of the meeting day.