Deputy Danny Healy-Rae says he rejects a statement made by his brother Michael, saying that he cost Kerry a ministry.
In April during the fuel protests, Deputy Danny Healy-Rae told Radio Kerry that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael backbenchers should topple their leaders.
The next day, Michael Healy-Rae resigned as Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture to vote no confidence in the Government.
Deputy Michael Healy-Rae says his brother's comments pulled him overboard.
His brother, Independent TD Danny Healy-Rae says he stands by what he said in April and believes the Taoiseach and Tánaiste were too slow to react to rising fuel prices:
He says he’s not to blame for Kerry no longer having a junior ministry in the Department of Agriculture:
Questions have been asked if both Healy-Rae brothers are continuing to work together following the fall-out from the comments made and the resignation of Michael Healy-Rae as a minister of state.
When Danny Healy-Rae was asked about his political relationship with his brother Michael, he gave this response:
