As the country waits for an election date, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are neck-and-neck in a new opinion poll.
The Sunday Times/ Behaviour and Attitudes December Poll shows Leo Varadkar's party is unchanged on 27%, while Micheál Martin's party has gained two to 27%.
Sinn Fein is up 3 points to 20%, while Labour and the Greens are unchanged on 6%.
Solidarity People Before Profit are down 1 to 3%, the Independent Alliance has dropped 2 to 2%, while the Social Democrats are on 1%, down one.
Sunday Times Political Editor, Stephen O'Brien says there's also a blow for the Government in its satisfaction rating:
"We found in the monthly satisfaction ratings we found there is a very significant drop in satisfaction for the Government and the Taoiseach.
"The Government is down from 37% to 32% and the Taoiseach is down five points from 43% to 38%. Matching the lowest ever figure he has scored in the Behaviour and Attitudes Sunday Times series."
