Intensive talks to form a new government are continuing this evening, with sources hopeful that a draft agreement could be in place by the middle of the week.
Negotiation teams from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are meeting representatives of the Regional Independent group, led by Tipperary North TD Michael Lowry.
Those talks, which are expected to run well into the night, are currently focusing on the areas of health and disability.
Independent Kerry TDs Michael and Danny Healy-Rae held discussions with negotiating teams from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael last night.
Regarding government formation talks with the regional independents and the Healy-Raes, Green Party leader Roderic O'Gorman said there is "concern that we're going to see this patchwork of deals rather than a programme for government that tackles the big issues".
Speaking on RTÉ's This Week programme, Mr O'Gorman added that "a programme for government has to be for the whole country, it can't just be for one county."
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Mr O'Gorman said there tends to be a "focus on individuals" during the negotiations, adding his "concern is policies that are going to be implemented".
Meanwhile, People Before Profit-Solidarity leader Richard Boyd Barrett criticised Sinn Féin for leaving "open the option of going into government with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael."
Mr Boyd Barrett added that this is possibly why he suspected his party colleague Ruth Coppinger "didn't vote for Mary Lou McDonald" for Taoiseach.
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He said that "unfortunately" Sinn Féin did make "concessions to the right" in an effort to "win votes among certain sections".
"Our job in People Before Profit is to keep pushing them left," he said, adding that he has "no doubt that their voters are looking for left wing type policies".
On Michael Lowry's role in government formation talks, Mr Boyd Barrett said it "tells us a lot about " Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael's "attitude towards corruption".
