Varadkar: FG/Labour government should have acted earlier on housing

"I acknowledge that we are in the midst of a very deep housing crisis, which affects people in all sorts of different ways," said Leo Varadkar.

'We didn't, nor did anyone else, anticipate how quickly the population would rise and how quickly the economy will recover,' says Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Picture: PA

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says that he will lead Fine Gael into the next election, but admits that he cannot give any guarantees about what happens beyond that.

Speaking exclusively to the Irish Examiner in Iceland this week, Mr Varadkar said that he does not feel isolated as the leader of the party, will not speak to Sinn Féin after the next election, and believes that the 2011 Fine Gael-Labour coalition did not plan adequately for the housing needs of the country.