Micheal Martin’s Total Recall becomes True Lies as he rows back on apology for wrecking the economy – Varadkar

Micheal Martin has now abandoned Fianna Fail’s apology for wrecking the economy and reverted to Bertie-speak, according to Health Minister and Fine Gael candidate in Dublin West Leo Varadkar.

At the FF Ard Fheis in 2012 Micheál Martin said :

‘It’s not enough to point to the World recession or other party’s policies. We were in government. We should have acted differently. We got things wrong. No equivocation. No half apology. Just the plain unvarnished truth’.

“Many people accepted and respected this apology. Yet Micheál Martin seems to have forgotten he ever made it. Instead, he has reverted to Bertie-speak, claiming the economic crash was ‘multi-factorial’ and that the Banking Inquiry blames others. It proves that they have learned nothing and that it’s the same old Fianna Fáil.

“Micheál Martin has shown a growing tendency during this election campaign to re-interpret history in a manner that would make the Soviet Union proud. He announced during a Leader’s Debate that he treated more patients as Minister for Health. Not true. He claimed that health infrastructure was transformed under his ministry. Not true. No even claimed to have increased life expectancy faster than in any country. Not true. 

“Then again, this is the man who denied the bailout was coming two months before the Troika arrived, the man who voted against VAT cuts on tourism that created 30,000 jobs, the man who voted against USC cuts for middle income earners and who voted against tax equalisation for the self-employed.

“Micheál Martin seems to be pinning his hopes on an outbreak of collective amnesia, hoping that the people will forget that Fianna Fáil presided over the most horrific economic collapse in this State’s history, something he acknowledged and took responsibility for in the past.

“Fianna Fáil cannot be trusted and would ruin the recovery. Fine Gael is the only party with a Long Term Economic Plan to bring the economy into every home in Ireland.”

ENDS