Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

People are getting mixed up between the different areas of local government. We are discussing the election of chairs, but there is a blocking group. In the Dublin local authorities, blocks form and there is a proportionality of seats. As far as I know, this happens in most local authorities. It has been claimed that this is anti-democratic or people are being left out, but the strongest part of our democracy is where people cast their votes on who should represent them.