"The prime minister said he was confident that the steps taken paved the way for the restoration of power-sharing in the Northern Ireland executive," Sunak's spokeswoman told reporters in a readout of the call. "Both leaders agreed it was in the people of Northern Ireland's interest to have a stable, devolved government, and this was also beneficial to relations between the UK and Ireland," she added.
Varadkar told Ireland's parliament that he hoped a new government would be formed by February 8.
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