Varadkar: Time lag to turn nursing homes into refugee housing may be extended

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar gave a pre-Christmas media briefing (PA)

The Taoiseach has downplayed the prospect of fast-tracking the process for repurposing nursing homes and student accommodation to house refugees and asylum seekers.

Leo Varadkar said the cooling-off period between a property becoming vacant and it being reused by the Department of Integration is more likely to be extended, rather than reduced.