Tánaiste and Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar addressed his party at their Ard Fheis this weekend.
In his online speech, he mentioned the housing crisis, announced that Ireland needs to build 40,000 homes a year to solve it.
As well as that, he said he wants the health service to retain the additional staff and funding it was provided with as a result of the pandemic.
He also talked about workers rights, and the imminent return to the office.
Gavan caught up with the Minister to get some more detail on all that and more...
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