A member of the Independent Alliance has said the group will put forward a nominee for Taoiseach.

The 32nd Dáil is due to meet for the first time tomorrow and nominations for the position will be put forward.

However nobody is expected to be elected.

Fine Gael will put forward the current Taoiseach Enda Kenny while, the Fianna Fail leader, Micheal Martin and Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams, will also put their names forward to be the next Taoiseach.

Deputy Kevin "Boxer" Moran told Shannonside Radio that the Independent Alliance will also put forward a nominee: “We have a meeting this evening and the outcome of that meeting will be known tomorrow.

“You might get a land when you hear the name.”

Meanwhile Mr Simon Coveney has said it may take another six weeks to form a new government.

Nobody will be elected Taoiseach when the 32nd Dail meets for the first time tomorrow - and its expected tentative negotiations between Fine Gael and Fianna Fail will begin before Enda Kenny departs for Washington early next week.

But Simon Coveney says whatever happens between the two major parties, there are still several weeks of talking ahead: “We are certainly going to be looking at a period of a month, for the process to be worked out.

“Some people are saying a month to six weeks but really that is a guess at the moment.

“It depends, on how other parties and Independents approach this, I mean there are some political parties that say they have absolutely no interest of being in Government.

“I find that difficult to accept.”