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Taoiseach 'conscious' of housing difficulties faced by young people after buying home at 24

The Taoiseach has said he understands the difficulties young people face getting on the property ...
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20.08 20 Jan 2020


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Taoiseach 'conscious' of housing difficulties faced by young people after buying home at 24

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The Taoiseach has said he understands the difficulties young people face getting on the property ladder after buying his own home aged 24.

Leo Varadkar said he wants home ownership to be something everyone can achieve.

Speaking on The Last Word, he addressed the main issues of the upcoming General Election including housing, health, climate change and Brexit.

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The Taoiseach was pushed on how difficult it is for young people to afford a home.

He said: "I still remember the day when I got the deeds to my place, turned the key in the door, I still live there by the way in my apartment, and sat on my own couch and watched my own TV."

Asked what age he had been when he purchased his apartment he said: "I had just started off working as a junior doctor so I must have been 24 or 25."

He said he was "very conscious" of how difficult it is for young people to purchase a home.

"For us, it was not unusual for somebody in their mid-20s to buy their first place, now people tend to be in their 30s and that's something we need to change."

Mr Varadkar also defended Fine Gael's promise to roll out free GP care to all children aged under 18 in the next five years.

He also said the party's climate change targets are ambitious and warned the dangers of Brexit have not yet passed.

Main image: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar pictured on Saturday. Photo: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

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