Kelly: FG - Labour voting pact will be discussed
The deputy leader of the Labour party has opened the prospect of a voting pact with Fine Gael for the next election.
Alan Kelly made the comments at the opening of the party's national conference last night.
Meanwhile party leader Joan Burton has signalled the party would need to have significant TDs elected to re-enter Government.
Kelly said there was "a natural inclination" for Labour and Fine Gael supporters to transfer to each other
"I think it will be natural at some stage for discussions on that to happen [but] the Labour party will be running as an independent party."
Tánaiste and Labour leader Joan Burton rounded on the opposition parties for supporting the bank guarantee while she said she shouted from the rooftops against it.
She said she wants Labour to be back in Government after the next election - in significant numbers.
"Our task is not to win a second term alone - it's to have sufficient strength to make our presence felt, just as we have done and are doing in this Government," she told the crowd.
That may be a signal that Joan Burton would not allow a much-depleted Labour party make up a few numbers and be a very minor party in a coalition.
