On the penultimate weekend before polling day, candidates have been addressing the concerns of voters on issues that have come to the fore so far including pensions, housing, the economy and Brexit.
People Before Profit has launched its pension policy, which restores the State pension to the age of 65.
Bríd Smith, candidate for Dublin South-Central, and Annette Mooney, a Dublin Bay South candidate, launched the policy called "Give workers a break: Restore the pension age to 65".
Speaking outside the Pensions Authority in Dublin, Ms Smith said the legislation brought in, in 2011, has to be repealed.
She said the legislation means the pension age is "constantly creeping up and will mean we have the longest working life of any group of workers in Europe".
She said that "the gun was loaded by Fianna Fáil and the Green Party under the austerity measures when the Troika came into the country and the trigger was pulled by Labour and Fine Gael in Government".
When asked if returning the age to 65 had been costed by People Before Profit, Ms Smith said "there is no cost. People put into PSRI all their lives. Pensions are deferred wages so they're already paid for".
"There is a myth that we're facing some kind of a pension time bomb, that there won't be enough young workers to pay for the older people in the future because we are working longer," she said.
She continued: "There is no evidence of that."
In its pre-Budget 2020 submission People Before Profit estimated the cost of Introducing a universal State pension of €260 and reduce pension age to 65 would cost €440 million.
Meanwhile, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said she does not take instructions from anybody.
Speaking on RTÉ's This Week programme Ms McDonald said suggestions that Sinn Féin ministers in Northern Ireland were acting under instruction were "completely untrue".
She also said that when the 'Cash for Ash' report is published in the North anyone who has questions to answer will have to answer them including DUP leader and First Minister Arlene Foster.
Ms McDonald also said she would "talk and listen to everybody" when it comes to government formation including parties on the left.
She said a unity referendum would be a "bottom line" for Sinn Féin supporting a government.
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan said housing and health are central to the party's agenda and are connected to the environment.
Also speaking on This Week, Mr Ryan said dealing with the environment will help with people's health, while getting housing right connects to transport.
"The two go together," he said.
Mr Ryan said when it comes to joining other parties in government his red line is climate change and biodiversity.
He said he is concerned that in this election "switching our whole country greener" has not taken centre stage.
Mr Ryan said tackling climate change and biodiversity loss needs to be highlighted.
"One area that is central is transport. Other parties think we should continue with road building and cars but we are saying that is not working. People are stuck in traffic. Invest instead in cycling and walking."
Independents4Change candidate Joan Collins, speaking on the programme also, said she does not think Ireland needs a socialist revolution but believes "practical measures based on the Right to Change Policy" is what is needed.
Ms Collins said they are focused on basic human rights issues and there is cohesion on what their policies are.
She said she differs from People Before Profit in that she bases her policies on the trade union movement.
Ms Collins said she would not go into government with Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael, stating: "They have let the country down."
She would look possibly at a left-leaning coalition but said she has to wait to see what way the people vote.
She said Independents4Change is "effective" and will be if they are elected.
Ms Collins said they have already played a key role on several issues.
Elsewhere, co-leader of the Social Democrats Catherine Murphy is canvassing in Co Cork where she is visiting Kinsale and Ballincollig.
Labour leader Brendan Howlin has been out meeting the electorate in Wexford.
.@FineGael leader @LeoVaradkar again rules out going into Government with @sinnfeinireland under any circumstances @rtenews #GE2020 pic.twitter.com/vcqk1chcQZ
— Vincent Kearney (@vincekearney) January 26, 2020
Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar was in south Dublin, canvassing at the People's Park in Dún Laoghaire.
While there, Mr Varadkar again ruled out entering government with Sinn Féin under any circumstances.
He was asked in the light of recent opinion polls it was a mistake to rule out working with Sinn Féin.
"It is on a point of principle in relation to the fact that key decisions, key policy decisions made in Sinn Féin are not made by elected representatives, they are made by an Ard Comhairle, and we just don't think that's proper in a democratic society," he said.
"And we also have a big problem with their position on the Special Criminal Court," he said.
"We're seeing spate of terrible violence in the last couple of weeks around the country which has shocked the nation, it has worried a lot of parents and for Sinn Féin to say that they're going to get rid of the Special Criminal Court is a step too far for us, because the fact that we can have those trials without a jury means we can lock up some really bad guys who will intimidate juries if we went down the Sinn Féin line of getting rid of that court."
Speaking in Kilnaleck, Co Cavan this afternoon, Ms McDonald described the Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil position on a potential coalition with her party was high-handed, undemocratic, arrogant and hypocritical.
The Sinn Fein Leader has accused the Fianna Fáil leader of "immaturity" in his position on entering coalition with her party @MaryLouMcDonald said she wouldn't take Fianna Fail and Fine Gaels refusal personally and would "talk to everyone" after the election @rtenews pic.twitter.com/Jl3dCNn6aS
— Samantha Libreri (@SamanthaLibreri) January 26, 2020
Meanwhile Fianna Fáil has announced that it would introduce free public transport for people under the age of 18 if it gets into government.
The party's transport spokesperson, John Lahart, said the move would "reduce he dependence of students for lifts from parents and ease the pressure on family finances".
Tomorrow night, seven political party leaders will take part in a two-hour debate on RTÉ One Television.
The debate, hosted by Claire Byrne, will be broadcast live from Galway at 9.35pm.
Additional reporting Samantha Libreri, Vincent Kearney
