Varadkar keen to extend Fianna Fáil deal

Leo Varadkar expects the Government support pact with Fianna Fáil will survive beyond its three-year term and he will negotiate an extension to the deal with the opposition party next year.

Government figures are playing down any chance of a general election next year and believe the so-called confidence and supply agreement will be reviewed before the next budget.

Mr Varadkar said: “Confidence and supply runs until the budget, which will be October of next year. I think at a certain point, we will have to have a conversation.