There's good news for the Taoiseach in the latest political opinion poll.

A Behaviour & Attitudes survey for the Sunday Times shows support for the Government is up five points to 46 percent while Leo Varadkar's personal satisfaction rating is up 2 points to 55 percent.

The recent steady increase in support for Sinn Fein appears to have come to a halt, with the party unchanged on 24 percent and Mary Lou McDonald also static at 52 percent.