Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he is not going to get into a debate with President Michael D Higgins over the housing crisis.
Despite several questions put to him about President Higgins’ comments in which he described housing in Ireland a “disaster,” Mr Martin said: “It is not appropriate for me to engage in any debate with the President nor do I intend to do so.”
When asked if he accepted President Higgins’ description of the housing situation as a disaster, the Fianna Fáil leader added: “As I said, I’m not going into a debate with the President.
