Taoiseach says it is in his ‘nature’ to give ‘a straight answer to a straight question’
In the past, the Taoiseach said there had been examples where he had “said things that are factually true, but sometimes the way you say them, can come across wrong or come across as though you don’t understand or you don’t care”.“That is something I need to be more careful about in the future. I intend to be,” he said, adding: “I won’t be perfect.”
Explaining his comments in the Dáil, Mr Varadkar accepted that on rental costs “we compare unfavourably with most other European capital cities, perhaps all”. But he held to his view that housing was a problem in many countries and that rents were more expensive in the cities he named.
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