The Green Party is warning of possible disruption to the workings of the Dáil if rules governing the right to speaking time in the House are not changed.
The party say they have contacted the Government chief whip, Mr Seamus Brennan, over the standing orders that will deny independents and small parties equal rights with the three largest parties in the Dáil.
"It is absolutely vital that the electorate’s mandate is recognised if you are to have true democracy this country," the party’s chief whip, Mr John Gormley said.
He also issued a thinly veiled warning that failure to secure speaking rights in the Dáil could provoke an angry reaction from the party. "We don’t want to be disruptive . . . but what other choice do we have," the Dublin South East TD-elect said.
He also confirmed soundings had been taken with independent TDs over some of form of mutual co-operation.
The standing orders governing speaking rights in the chamber state a technical group of seven TDs is needed to have a right to speak and ask questions of ministers and the Taoiseach on the order of business. The Greens have six TDs, Sinn Féin have five and the Socialist Party have one seat.
The matter is complicated by the need to have a majority from another group joining up to gain full rights. The Greens believe this would mean the party needs the support of seven others.
They want a return to the pre-1997 arrangement were a technical group constitutes seven people and are confident they can secure the co-operation of an independent.