Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said that you “wouldn’t be human” if you did not experience lapses in judgements.
Following several controversies in recent months, Mr Varadkar insisted that he is “confident in his own judgement” ahead of his transition back to the Taoiseach’s office this weekend.
There were reports in some weekend newspapers that some members of Fine Gael were concerned about Mr Varadkar’s “judgement” after a video went viral of him socialising in a nightclub.
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They also raised concerns about the sharing of a GP contract agreement in 2018.
When asked about the alleged concerns from within his party by the Irish Mirror, the Tánaiste said that everyone has lapses in judgement.
“I'm confident in my judgement,” Mr Varadkar said.
“I am confident that I have the support of my parliamentary party and the other coalition partners in Government. That will be obviously decided on Saturday.
“I've had the privilege now to be in the Dáil since 2007. I've had the enormous privilege to serve in Government for maybe 12 years now.
“Everyone makes errors in judgement. You wouldn't be a human being if you didn't.
“But I hope that when it has come to the big calls, whether it was the management of the pandemic. whether it was Brexit, whether it was managing the economy, that I've made the right decisions.
“If I have the privilege to be elected Taoiseach again on Saturday, you can be absolutely assured that I'm going to give it 100%
“There's nothing I will put ahead of the responsibilities of holding that office. I have held it before and I know what it takes. I'm committed to doing it again.”
Elsewhere, Taoiseach Micheál Martin condemned the widespread sharing of a video of the Tánaiste, branding it an invasion of privacy.
“Leo Varadkar’s life, my life, everyone's private life is their private life,” Mr Martin told Newstalk.
“I do not in any shape or form condone any breach of that privacy.
“I think it's wrong, in my view, to be breaching that privacy in terms of filming people in a social context. I think that's wrong, the breach of privacy that's involved there
“I'm not so sure there is, around Leinster House, that degree of concern that has been suggested.”
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