Tipperary County Council · Minutes of Proceedings of Monthly Meeting of Tipperary County Council held on 13th July 2026 · 13 July 2026
A vote on a motion calling on the Government to hold a referendum on whether to keep or remove the Triple Lock.
Summary written by AI from the minutes. The motion as recorded follows.
that this Council calls on the Government to hold a referendum to allow the people of Ireland to decide whether to retain or remove the Triple Lock.
Proposed by Cllr. Anne Marie Ryan; seconded by Cllr. David Dunne.
The minutes record: The Meetings Administrator noted the result of the vote at 9 for the motion, 15 against, with 16 Councillor’s deemed absent when the vote was called and no abstention. He deemed the motion defeated.
| Party | Tá | Níl | Staon | Didn't vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Fianna Fáil | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| Fine Gael | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Labour Party | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Workers and Unemployed Action | 1 | 0 | 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.