Taoiseach: Eviction ban would still have been lifted if ministers knew of notice-to-quit numbers

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that had the Government extended the eviction ban, "that would have left us with even bigger problems down the line".

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD said Government leaders did know there had been some increase in the number of notices to quit issued. Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

The Taoiseach has said it is unlikely that the Cabinet would have made a different decision on lifting the eviction ban had ministers known the scale of notices to quit that were issued late last year.

Speaking at Government Buildings, Leo Varadkar said he was "loathe to say exactly what had happened" at individual meetings, but that Government leaders did know there had been an increase in notices issued.