The Taoiseach has said the controversy over Fine Gael TD Maria Bailey's legal proceedings against a Dublin hotel has caused some reputational damage to the party.
Leo Varadkar said the issue, which relates to a fall from a swing at The Dean Hotel, had come up on doorsteps during campaigning in the local and European elections.
Speaking on RTÉ's This Week programme, he said: "certainly, a lot of our candidates have said to me that it came up on the doors" and he said "it did us some reputational damage. It's hard to quantify that though".
"I think she has now withdrawn the case," he added.
The Taoiseach also said that while he has not had a chance to speak to Ms Bailey, he said he hopes to do so this week.
Mr Varadkar said the incident occurred before she became a TD and he said: "it was a case that she took without any consultation with the Fine Gael party".
The Dún Laoghaire TD, who is the chairperson of the Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, told the Sunday Independent that she has decided to withdraw the legal action.
She told the newspaper: "I have instructed my solicitor to immediately withdraw these legal proceedings to ensure that the focus is not on me, but on the issues that matter to the people in my constituency."
Ms Bailey has yet to respond to a request from RTÉ News for a comment.
Deputy Bailey initiated a personal injury legal action against The Dean Hotel on Harcourt Street in Dublin for an alleged incident where she suffered injuries to her head, back and hip.
In Circuit Court proceedings she accused the hotel of negligence as the swing was unsupervised at the time of the incident in 2015, the year before she was elected to the Dáil.
