Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has said he believes power sharing arrangements in Northern Ireland will be "back in place".
Speaking during a visit to Foyle, the TD for Louth said: "We will do that as quickly as the basis for it can be established" adding that issues such as health will be tackled "urgently".
Mr Adams said there is "a need for the DUP to face up to their responsibilities".
"We want to see the DUP accepting once and for all that people have rights," he said.
"A deal can be done. There was a huge distraction for two years when the DUP stepped out of northern politics. They let their Westminster team dictate the pace, did a confidence and supply with the Tories – which I said at the time would end in tears - and it has ended in tears".
He added: "I would like to think that ordinary working class unionists will look at the scourge of Brexit, at the fact that the DUP has rejected those who voted remain, and will make sensible judgments in this election".
