The deputy leader of the Social Democrats said his party wants to go into government and will talk to other parties, including Fianna Fail and Fine Gael.
Cian O’Callaghan said he is “delighted” with his party’s performance in the General Election, with the Social Democrats set to become the fourth largest party in the Irish parliament.
He told the PA news agency that he will talk to other parties about forming a government.
Mr O’Callaghan said that a senior ministry for disability and 50,000 affordable homes a year are among their red lines if going into government.
The Social Democrats, founded in 2015, won six seats in the 2020 election with around 3% of first preference votes.
“We don’t know the final outcome of the election results yet, so we really don’t know the kind of different options that there will be,” Mr O’Callaghan said.
“We certainly want to go into government. We will talk to other parties, including Fianna Fail…