Government backing policy that will create 'mass homelessness' 

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said Sinn Féin's motion to extend eviction ban was 'a show motion from showboaters'. Picture: Gareth Chaney/ Collins Photos

The Government is accused of deliberately backing a policy that will create “mass homelessness”, with the Taoiseach branding Sinn Féin “showboaters” as the eviction ban dominated Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil.

Ahead of the vote around Sinn Féin’s motion to extend the eviction ban beyond March 31, there were more testy exchanges between the Government and opposition benches on the issue.