Taoiseach Enda Kenny will not oversee another budget and will have to be gone by next summer, senior Fine Gael ministers have said.

Fine Gael backbencher John Deasy has claimed at least "10 to 15" Government TDs privately want Taoiseach Enda Kenny step down immediately, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith of the Irish Examiner.

A number of Fine Gael TDs would consider withdrawing their support from the Government if Enda Kenny does not step down by the end of the year.