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Ag cruinniú de chuid pháirtí Fhine Gael, dúirt an tAire Talmhaíochta Simon Coveney go raibh aiféala air má chuir an méid a dúirt sé faoi dhul i gcomhrialtas le Fianna Fáil, as do chomhaltaí an pháirtí.Deir foinsí gur dhúirt Simon Coveney lena chomhghleacaithe gurbh amhlaidh go raibh sé ró-ionraic agus é ag tabhairt freagra ar cheisteanna in agallamh le nuachtán an Irish Examiner.Agus an cheist á plé ag cruinniú an pháirtí parlaiminte aréir, dúirt an tAire Dlí agus Cirt Frances Fitzgerald go mba cheart ag an tráth seo cúram a dhéanamh de an oiread suíochán a bhaint amach agus is féidir san olltoghchán, seachas bheith ag caint ar chomhghuaillíochtaí le páirtithe eile.Glactar leis gur cáineadh a bhí sa méid a dúirt an tAire Dlí agus Cirt faoi chaint an Aire Coveney, caint nach raibh aon ghlacadh ag cúlbhínseoirí Fhine Gael léi ná ag Airí Pháirtí an Lucht Oibre, Kathleen Lynch agus Alan Kelly ina measc.Her comments are seen as a rebuke to Mr Coveney about his remarks, which were badly received by Fine Gael's Labour partners and a large number of backbenchers in the senior Coalition party.Earier, Mr Coveney said he was unhappy that his comments were interpreted as disloyalty to the current Coalition.Speaking about a response by Minister Kathleen Lynch to the issue, he said he could understand why Minister Lynch was frustrated and made the remarks she did.Ms Lynch criticised Mr Coveney after he said Fine Gael would consider a coalition with Fianna Fáil after the next election.Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly today agreed with Ms Lynch.He said that while 2014 was a difficult year for the Government, these problems were not on the Labour side of the coalition.Mr Kelly described Mr Coveney's comments as "strange to say the least."However, Mr Coveney said he had been asked about a situation whereby it was not possible for Fine Gael to form a coalition with Labour.He said in that context he said nothing new, and that he did not have any "civil war baggage".He said a coalition with Labour would be his strong preference.Limerick TD Patrick O'Donovan said that anyone who talked about putting Fianna Fáil back in government "needed their head examined".