The deputy leader of the Social Democrats, Cian O’Callaghan has said that his party would be willing to go into government if there is a change in direction on issues such as housing, health care, child care and disability.
“We will be meeting Sinn Féin today, the Labour Party tomorrow and Fianna Fáil shortly. We’ve also asked to meet with Fine Gael and with all of these parties we will be outlining key issues for us that we want to see worked on in this new dialogue and indeed in the next government,” he told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland.
Mr O’Callaghan said the Social Democrats would be asking for support for their position on key areas.
“Because regardless of who’s in the next government, we’re strongly of the view that there needs to be a change direction in these areas and we want to be constructive and we want to put forward our solutions, our policy proposals in these areas to the other parties.”