Faced with economic collapse, the outgoing Government did well for us

The Government got a great kicking at the polls. Was it that bad? I was of the opinion that it was a reasonably good Government considering the obstacle race it had to run.

In 2008, the greatest fiscal and economic crash this State has ever witnessed happened, resulting in a debt of €444 billion, the second-highest debt of the then 27 EU countries next to Germany.

The Government did a lot of good things including bringing the country from almost zero growth to the fastest-growing of the EU’s 28 with 7.8% GDP growth in 2015 and providing 135,000 extra jobs. When the Government took over the running of the country in March 2011, it was haemorrhaging investment and jobs.