Fine Gael ministers warn Dáil could collapse without agreement on government

Fine Gael ministers are privately warning that the Dáil will collapse in the coming weeks if there is no agreement on government and spending for departments cannot be agreed.

Some ministers are not travelling abroad for St Patrick’s Day events amid expectations that Fine Gael will keep lines of communications with other parties open while Taoiseach Enda Kenny is out of the country.

Senior Fine Gael sources have told the Irish Examiner that if some spending estimates cannot be pushed through the Dáil next month, that the parliament will have to be dissolved.