Government remains 'steady and solid' despite budget tensions 

Micheál Martin said Neale Richmond had not 'given a heads up' to his senior minister, Jack Chambers, who is set to deliver his first budget in three weeks

The tensions between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil also come as the Green Party launched into calls for a one-off quadrupled child benefit payment for new parents upon the birth of a child.

Taoiseach Simon Harris has insisted that the Government remains “steady and solid”, despite increased tensions between the three parties ahead of the upcoming budget.

It comes as coalition leaders met with the finance and public expenditure ministers on Monday, ahead of a series of showdowns between Jack Chambers and Paschal Donohoe and their Cabinet colleagues in the coming days.