A new opinion poll has shown almost half of Green party voters support the proposed coalition government.
The Irish Times/IPSOS-MRBI poll is the first such poll since the general election.
Given a choice between the proposed coalition, a different coalition or a general election, the Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael/Green option was favoured by 36% of voters.
Some 27% favoured a different combination, while 33% said they would prefer another general election.
But among Green voters support for the proposed three-party coalition was higher, at 48%.
When voters were asked what The Green Party should do, 48% said they should 'make the best deal and form a government with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil', a further 18% said the party should form a coalition if its demands on climate action were met.
Composite image of (left to right) Green Party leader Eamon Ryan, Fianna Fáil leader Michael Martin and Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar. Picture by: Caroline Quinn/Damien Eagers/Leon Farrell/PA Wire/PA ImagesAnd 28% of voters said the party should never form a government with the bigger parties.
However when Green voters were asked what the party should do, they were strongly in favour of entering government - with 31% saying they should do the best deal and a further 61% saying they should enter government if their climate action demands were met.
On party support, there has been a surge for Fine Gael since the election, as well as a jump in Leo Varadkar’s personal approval rating.
The Government's satisfaction rating is 72% up 51 points, with Mr Varadkar's approval at 75% up 45.
Fine Gael is up 17 to 37%, Fianna Fáil is down nine to 14% and Sinn Féin is unchanged on 25%.
The Green Party is on 12%, up four, Labour is down two to 2% and Independents and others are at 10% down 10.
The poll was conducted among over 1,200 respondents between June 11th and 14th with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8%.
