The Taoiseach has put his Ministers and backbenchers on alert by announcing he will hold a Cabinet reshuffle.
Enda Kenny has so far refused to say when it'll happen, but it is unlikely it would be before next month's budget is revealed.
The issue is now dominating the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party meeting in Laois.
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore says he expects the issue to arise before the next election, stating that it is unusual for the same team of ministers to complete a five-year term.
Ministers Paul Kehoe, Phil Hogan, Richard Bruton and Simon Coveney didn't seem too concerned:
At the final day of the Fine Gael Parliamentary party gathering in Laois, the Taoiseach also told RTE the door was open to a possible return for the rebel TDs, shifting from a no way back stance to saying there would be no easy way back.
Last night over dinner the Taoiseach insisted the government would run its full term to the Spring of 2016.
He joked that he has an ambition to take out DeValera's Rolls Royce out of the dungeons of the Aras, drive it down O'Connell Street on Easter Sunday of 2016, get out and say "all is well, Collins sent me".
He also said he'd be flattered if he was offered the job of President of the European Commission but he intended to fulfil the mandate given to him by the people.
