Taoiseach refuses to apologise for remarks about people turning down social housing

Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty accused the Taoiseach of seeking to 'shift the blame for the Government's failed housing policies away from Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil and place it onto the victims of this crisis' Picture: David Creedon

The Taoiseach has refused to apologise for comments made about people who turn down social housing, but is happy to rephrase his remarks.

Leo Varadkar has been strongly criticised for claiming there are "plenty of cases" in his constituency of people who have "refused multiple offers of social housing".