Political parties and the media are being accused of ignoring a raft of important election issues - including homelessness, climate change and culture.

The Peter McVerry Trust says homelessness isn't being highlighted enough, despite over 5,400 people being without a home.

An Taisce has described Climate Change as 'the Cinderella issue of the 2016 Election campaign', in spite the recent Irish flooding disasters.

And the National Campaign for the Arts says politicians are quick to highlight Irish artistic success abroad - but Ireland spends just 0.11% of GDP on culture. That's the lowest spend in Europe.

Meanwhile, the Disable Inequality Campaign has launched a new virtual opinion poll to allow people with disabilities vote on which party leader best responds to their issues.

The group wants it to measure disability awareness in political circles.

The poll is being run on Facebook and Twitter and will remain open until the polling stations close next Friday.

There are 600,000 people living in Ireland with a disability.

John Dolan, Disable Inequality Campaign Director says most of them are being ignored: