Taoiseach Micheal Martin has said he is "amused" at the speculation that Sinn Fein's victory in the Northern Ireland elections will prompt further debate about a border poll and a united Ireland.
He said it was not the "dominant" issue of the campaign.
It comes after Sinn Fein became the first nationalist or republican party to become the largest in the Northern Ireland Assembly with 27 seats, ahead of the DUP on 25.
