Martin hints at extending FG deal

Micheál Martin has hinted at extending the confidence and supply agreement to support Fine Gael in Government for longer than the three-budget deal.

While the Fianna Fáil leader said his party is now growing “impatient” with the lack of progress on housing and health, he remains committed to supporting the current minority Government through the confidence and supply arrangement for the full term until 2019.

However, he went further in suggesting that this agreement could be stretched out and reviewed — potentially allowing Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to remain in power for a full five-year term.