A man is due in court tomorrow following an alleged assault on Green Party leader Roderic O'Gorman.
The alleged assault occurred while Mr O'Gorman was canvassing in his local community in Dublin yesterday.
The man, 30s, was arrested by gardaí following the incident and has since been charged.
He is due to appear before court at 10.30am tomorrow morning.
Gardaí said that investigations were ongoing.
We need your consent to load this rte-player contentWe use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences
In a statement, Mr O'Gorman said: "On Saturday, while out canvassing in Dublin West, what was otherwise a positive canvass was marred by an alarming incident with one individual. I am grateful to the Garda Protection Officer assigned to me who was forced to intervene, and I have given a statement to the Gardaí on the matter.
He also said he is "deeply concerned about the increase in abuse and threats that politicians face, particularly in the last number of weeks".
"It is abundantly clear that rampant misinformation on social media is driving extreme views. Misinformation is near-total on some platforms. I have seen the effects of that first hand, for both myself and for many other elected representatives.
"We cannot tolerate a situation where people running for office – from all parties and none - face the threat of violence for doing so," Mr O’Gorman added.
Taoiseach Simon Harris said that he spoke to Minister O'Gorman today and that what happened to him is "absolutely unacceptable and cannot be tolerated or accepted in a modern democracy".
Tánaiste Micheál Martin said he is deeply concerned to hear of the alleged assault.
On a post on X, Mr Martin said: "Ireland prides itself on its engagement between the people and its elected representatives.
"There should be no violence, or fear of violence, when engaging in the democratic process."
