Independent TD Michael Healy-Rae believes his brother Danny's words cost him his job as a minister of state at the Department of Agriculture.
Michael Healy-Rae resigned from the position amid the acrimonious fallout from the fuel price protests in early April.
In a forthright interview on Radio Kerry, he said that it was not his brother's place to tell the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael parliamentary parties what to do.
The day before a crucial confidence vote in the Government, Danny Healy-Rae said the parties should topple their leaders.
"When those words were issued, that's what cost Kerry a ministry in agriculture, that is an absolute fact. It is very disappointing.
"It's not the place of an Independent to go telling a parliamentary party what they are supposed to do."
Michael Healy-Rae spoke too about trying "everything in the world" to "put things right" in the hours leading up to his resignation but it proved futile as "the fire was started".
Michael Healy-Rae feels that 'Team Healy-Rae' has been damaged by what unfolded but he dismissed speculation that one of the country's most well-known political brands could soon be consigned to history.
However, he added that a lot of soul searching must be done and he will need people around him who he can rely on.
Danny Healy-Rae told RTÉ News that the Healy-Rae machine remains intact but he would not comment on his brother's hard-hitting interview.
"I am working as hard as ever, as are Johnny and Maura, and I'm sure Michael and Jackie are as well.
"That's the way it has to be," he said.
