Housing and homelessness was the single biggest issue for voters in Election 2024, according to Exit Poll data.
Some 28% of the people who were surveyed by Ipsos B&A immediately after they voted said it was the key issue for them.
It was followed by cost of living at 19%, health at 17%, economic stability at 9% and immigration at 6%.
The poll was carried out for RTÉ, the Irish Times, TG4 and Trinity College Dublin.
Other issues considered most important by respondents included climate change at 4%, crime at 2%, local transport and roads at 2%, childcare at 2%, and value for money in public spending at 1%.
A further 6% of people said "something else", while 5% gave no response.
There was minimal differences in how males and females ranked the issues of most importance to them. The biggest Exit Poll splits by gender were economic stability, which was split 12% for men and 5% for women, and health, which was split 14% for men and 20% for women.
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In terms of age demographics, younger respondents ranked housing/homelessness more often as their key issue than people in older age categories.
In the 18-24 year old age group, 41% said housing/homelessness was the biggest issue. This rose to 42% among 25-34 year olds before falling among 35-49 year olds (28%), 50-64 year olds (22%) and people aged 65 and over (21%).
Housing/homelessness also saw the biggest difference between regions, with the issue being the most important issue for 35% of voters in Dublin, 28% in Connacht/Ulster, 26% in the rest of Leinster and 23% in Munster.
Cost of living also saw a difference in importance by age, being the single biggest factor in deciding how to vote for 29% of 18-24 year olds, 20% of 25-34 year olds, 21% of 35-49 year olds, 18% of 50-64 year olds and 13% of people aged 65 and over.
The issue also saw some difference by region, with 25% of Exit Poll participants in Munster seeing cost-of-living as the biggest issue, followed by 22% in Connacht/Ulster, 18% in the rest of Leinster and 13% in Dublin.
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Health was the biggest issue for just 4% of 18-24 year olds and 8% of 25-34 year olds, but rose to 17% of 35-49 year olds, 20% of 50-64 year olds and 27% of people aged 65 or older.
Across regions it was the most important issue for 20% of exit poll participants in Munster, 18% in the rest of Leinster, 16% in Connacht/Ulster and 15% in Dublin.
Among the other highest polled issues, economic stability remained relatively level across age and region, rising from 6% in the youngest age bracket to 13% in the oldest two brackets, and from 6% in Connacht/Ulster to 11% in Dublin.
Immigration, which was the most important factor for 6% of Exit Poll participants overall, stood at 6% for 18-24 year olds, 4% 25-34 year olds, 7% for 35-49 year olds, 8% for 50-64 year olds and 3% for people aged over 65. It remained between 5% and 7% across the regions.
The Exit Poll was conducted by Ipsos B&A on 29 November and carried out in-person outside polling stations at 253 locations across the country, covering each of the 43 Dáil constituencies.
The sample size was 5,018, and the margin of error 1.4%.
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