With voting all but complete among party members of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party, no-one is calling the outcome of the government vote formation before Friday’s count.

The Green Party vote, which needs a two-thirds approval rate, hangs on a knife edge. Crucially, deputy leader Catherine Martin, who initially opposed entering government formation talks, is now pro-coalition, as are high-profile climate activists, such as Cara Austenberg, Oisin Coughlan and John Gibbons.

With 1,962 Green Party voters registered, over 1,308 votes will be needed to get the vote over the line. Dairy co-op votes have shown the two-thirds bar to be a pretty high one to hurdle.

In contrast, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael only require a simple majority of members to support entering a coalition. Opposition in Fianna Fáil is more against sitting down with Fine Gael than the Green Party.

Complacency might be the biggest enemy for Fine Gael, with a view in some quarters that an election might not be a bad thing, following recent good opinion poll results.

All will be known on Friday. The three counts take place simultaneously, with the results expected in the afternoon.