The Fianna Fáil leader, Micheál Martin, is calling for the Taoiseach Enda Kenny to give a straight answer on when an election will take place.
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A chara, – Further to “Fine Gael left “stunned” as Kenny commits to spring election” (October 12th), the victor of the November general election is Paddy Power.
She said: “The Taoiseach and I enjoy a very strong working relationship so there has been absolutely no decision in relation to any dates in respect of elections, other than we’ve been committed to completing the mandate and also at the moment preparing for what we hope will be an improving budget”.
His party fell short of a majority in the general election and after talks, Fine Gael entered into coalition government with the centre-left Labour Party.
The recent speculation has put considerable strain on relations between Fine Gael and the Labour party – who oppose a pre-Christmas vote.
But yesterday, Mr Kenny said it was crucial for both parties to head into the election on a joint platform.
Can we be confident that the remaining time will be used to implement the promised political reforms in the Programme for Government and since then, such as implementing the working report on Seanad reform, a secret ballot for selecting the Ceann Comhairle, reforming the whip system, and creating structures to allow for meaningful parliamentary debate?
“It’s clear from the Taoiseach’s comments today that the election will be next year”.
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Support for the Fine Gael-Labour coalition is running at 38 percent, according to a Red C Research & Marketing Ltd. poll for the Sunday Business Post last month.
