The three youngest Fianna Fáil TDs have issued a statement hitting out at their senior colleagues.
James O’Connor, Ryan O’Meara and Albert Dolan said such colleagues expect them to just explain the Government’s difficulties.
However, they said this is not the role they want and they will not accept it any longer.
Instead, they urged party colleagues to listen more closely, speak more honestly and to act more decisively.
The strident statement comes just a day after the Government lost two TDs after both Michael and Danny Healy-Rae broke ranks with the coalition.
As the fallout from the fuel protests continues, they believe the social contract is strained to breaking point.
The three TDs said Fianna Fáil must get back to bringing the concerns of the community to the Government and finding solutions.
They said this view is shared by their most experienced colleagues.
However, the group of TDs insisted that this intervention is not about challenging any individual or singling out any member of the Government.