The Irish Parliament is set to meet on December 18 however it is unclear if political talks will have agreed a new coalition government by then.
Irish political parties are set to meet in an intensification of efforts to agree a new coalition government.
She told The Week In Politics programme on RTÉ that she is hoping for a "strong, stable and secure government", adding she will be "quite happy to work with my Fine Gael colleagues again". Martin Heydon, a Fine Gael TD and Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, reiterated Mr Harris's position that the party "can't be taken for granted" in terms of its manifesto pledges.
Meanwhile Michael Collins of Independent Ireland said the group he has joined with the two Healy-Rae brothers and Paul Gogarty, have not received a call from anyone yet.
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