Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Sometimes the opposite happens too where some people want to strategically vote against a Part VIII because it is in their area but the council as a whole recognises that it should be passed. I know that sounds cynical to anybody listening, but in my experience that does happen. I take the Deputy's point that if an issue is being debated in the council then a majority at the end of the debate, councillors who have taken part in the debate, should be the people to make the decision.