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" As leader of the Fine Gael Party, I will also use our position in the European People's Party to clearly state our views with our European political partners. "

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" I've often said it: that it is seen to be a place of energy, of excitement, of enthusiasm. That there's something about Ireland. "

Enda Kenny

Enthusiasm

Ireland

Place

" I think - whether it's music, literature, sport, art, whatever you want - there's nobody who can stop us if we only apply ourselves with the singular objective of being the best in the world. "

" I have never had an interest in opinion polls. They are merely an indicator, that's all. "

" We are going to serve our full term; there will be no snap election, and we are going to do our best to ensure that 2016 is going to be a good economic year. "

" We link our future to the euro, to the euro zone, and to the European Union while being the nearest neighbor of the United Kingdom with, obviously, a common travel area and a very close working relationship with the U.K. "

" I am perfectly clear in my mind and in my conscience in respect of freedom of religious principles and beliefs. "

" You're not going to be able to deliver jobs locally unless you sort out the nation's problems, and that's why the big and difficult decisions about Ireland's economy have been so crucial and so difficult for people to have to accept and have to deal with, but the reality is the people gave this government an unprecedented mandate. "

" Under no circumstances will I allow the Fianna Fail party back into government. They wrecked the economy twice. "

" For years, Ireland used to have a philosophy of 'Get them in here to invest and develop in Ireland, and this will sort out our problems.' It is good in the sense of building a trade surplus, but we also want to develop what it is that we offer ourselves and that Irish companies export abroad. "

" Cloyne's revelations are heart-breaking. "

Enda Kenny

Revelations

" Rather than just saying, like, 'Your economy is the be all and end all,' I go back to my three roots that I've often said about this being best country for business, the best to raise a family in, and the best to grow old in with a sense of dignity and respect. "

" People tell me their own stories about how they have come through great difficulty. "

Enda Kenny

Great

Difficulty

" You need to talk to people, and you need to hear what it is they have to say. "

" Clericalism has rendered some of Ireland's brightest, most privileged and powerful men either unwilling or unable to address the horrors cited in the Ryan and Murphy Reports. "

" To me, the real opinion polls are the tangible facts: the growing creation of jobs, the number of planning permissions, the number of commercial vans being sold - the signs that the Irish people are regaining confidence. "

Enda Kenny

Facts

Planning

" Our revenue commissions are very happy and very clear that they showed no sweetheart deals and no preference for any company and never do and never have and never will. "

" The revelations of the Cloyne report have brought the government, Irish Catholics, and the Vatican to an unprecedented juncture. "

" You see, in government, people give you a mandate, and you've got to fulfil that. Ours is very clear. Fix our public finances and get our country working. "

" We have a very long legal system with the European Union, and we're English speaking. "

" I don't take myself too seriously, but I take the job very seriously, and I expect people to do the job that they're given because this is about all our people, young and old, and it's an enormous responsibility. "

" Foreign investors like decisiveness; they like clarity. There isn't any confusion about Ireland's corporate tax rate: it is 12.5%. End of story. "

" The U.K. and Ireland are like-minded on E.U. matters, and the process of working together in Brussels has built an immense store of knowledge, personal relationships, and trust between our governments. "

" Failure to curb temperature increases will impact all countries, Ireland included, but with the most immediate and drastic effects being felt, in many instances, by the most vulnerable countries and communities. "

" I am proud that Ireland is playing its part to drive an ambitious and comprehensive agreement at COP21. "

" I would never accuse the Irish people of being in any way stupid. "

" My genuine belief is that if we can get through the eurozone crisis from a political point of view, we've got a lot of engines that can drive our economy, that will restore confidence and get us moving on. "

" No politician in a European sense is happy with 26 million people unemployed. Nobody can be happy with 6 to 9 million young people unemployed. You have to give them hope and confidence and a sense of inspiration that the European process is actually about people, not about bureaucracy. "

" One of the key drivers of Ireland's future is our balance of trade surplus. "

" Down the country, people in rural areas are struggling to get a speed of even 1 MB, not much better than the old dial-up system we used to have when the system was in relative infancy. "

" For too long, Ireland has neglected its children. "