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" COP 21 provides a unique opportunity for the political leaders of this generation to provide lasting foundations for the preservation and sustainability of generations of the future. "
Enda Kenny
Unique
Future
Political
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" I am proud that Ireland is playing its part to drive an ambitious and comprehensive agreement at COP21. "
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" I am a big believer in Springsteen, I like his social comment; I like the commitment he puts into his work. "
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Big
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" Irish research will contribute to global progress and have the potential to help all countries realise the potential of their land sectors in addressing climate change - this means reducing emissions, adapting to impacts, and enhancing and improving carbon sinks. "
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" The revelations of the Cloyne report have brought the government, Irish Catholics, and the Vatican to an unprecedented juncture. "
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" The decision of a majority of people in the United Kingdom to vote to leave the European Union is profoundly disappointing. "
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Vote
Kingdom
" For too long, Ireland has neglected its children. "
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Long
Ireland
Too
" 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. "
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Building
Philosophy
Problems
" Under no circumstances will I allow the Fianna Fail party back into government. They wrecked the economy twice. "
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Government
Circumstances
" Emigration is always a difficulty. "
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Always
Emigration
Difficulty
" 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. "
Enda Kenny
Future
Neighbor
Relationship
" We have so much discrimination in this world - colour, race, creed, all of these things - and there is an issue here that the right of marriage in the civil law is not extended to same-sex couples. "
Enda Kenny
Race
Here
Law
" 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. "
Enda Kenny
Most
Ireland
Men
" If somebody says, 'I am a gay person, and I want to get married,' is their own family going to deny them that? Are our own fellow citizens going to deny them that? "
Enda Kenny
Want
Person
I Am
" I am perfectly clear in my mind and in my conscience in respect of freedom of religious principles and beliefs. "
Enda Kenny
Mind
Respect
Freedom
" The lion's share of the damage to the Irish economy was the fault of domestic, economic, and financial mismanagement. "
Enda Kenny
Irish
Economy
Fault
" The E.U. needs renewal, and we need a strong U.K. at the table to help to drive the reform agenda that can help the union regain competitiveness and growth. "
Enda Kenny
Strong
Table
Need
" It is about time county councils got back into the business of providing houses. "
Enda Kenny
About
Time
Houses
" 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. "
Enda Kenny
Job
Myself
People
" 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. "
Enda Kenny
Confusion
End
Tax
" The best recording is the one you bring with you in your mind. "
Enda Kenny
Bring
Mind
Best
" We've got enormous potential, phenomenal potential on our doorstep, which requires politics that makes that work, and that's what we try to show here in Ireland: that while there's a lot of pain, the reward at the end of this is career opportunities, prosperity, and brighter days for everybody. "
Enda Kenny
Pain
Opportunities
End
" 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. "
Enda Kenny
Happy
Clear
Never
" I get on very well with Denis Naughten, absolutely. "
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Well
Very
Get
" Populist promises to reverse every tough decision are nothing but empty rhetoric, irresponsible leadership, and bad politics. They are not the solution to Ireland's problems. "
Enda Kenny
Politics
Leadership
Decision
" I have no interest in the trappings of power. "
Enda Kenny
Power
No Interest
Interest
" I intend to serve a full term as Taoiseach. "
Enda Kenny
Full
Intend
Serve
" I think 'austerity' is a much abused word. I prefer to call it 'fiscal discipline' or financial, 'financial competency.' "
Enda Kenny
Think
Discipline
Word
" 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. "
Enda Kenny
Decisions
Problems
Government
" Cloyne's revelations are heart-breaking. "
Enda Kenny
Revelations
" Public confidence in, and support for, the euro - and, indeed, the European Union - will ultimately be determined by how well we deliver on growth and jobs rather than on institutional wrangling and complex legal or technical negotiations. "
Enda Kenny
Support
Confidence
Growth