Eoin Ó Broin: Varadkar’s figures just don’t add up
Leo Varadkar's divisive campaign based on figures of unclear origin is right-wing Thatcherism at its very worst
Leo Varadkar is getting tough on dole spongers. Last Wednesday, he launched a high-profile, hard hitting campaign to root out social welfare fraud.
He claimed that “anti-fraud and control measures” saved the taxpayer over €500 million in 2016. No detail justifying this figure was provided.
Requests to the Department of Social Protection press office for additional information didn’t help much.
But something just doesn’t add up.
In the absence of any clarity from ...
