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" 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. "

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" 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

" I intend to serve a full term as Taoiseach. "

" My job starts at a quarter to seven in the morning, and you go right through until whatever time is necessary to finish up. "

" 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. "

" The decision of a majority of people in the United Kingdom to vote to leave the European Union is profoundly disappointing. "

" You have a responsibility as a locally elected deputy, but you also have a responsibility as the head of government. "

" The Constitution says that the right to life of the unborn is protected and given equal rights as the life of the mother. "

" I accept the verdict of the people. "

Enda Kenny

People

Verdict

" 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. "

" The re-establishment of a hard border on the island of Ireland would be a step backwards and present an opportunity for others, with malign agendas, to exploit for destructive purposes. "

" 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. "

" 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? "

" For me, it is all about people having jobs, and that is why I make no apology for having focused relentlessly on employment and job creation. "

Enda Kenny

People

Why

" If people want to follow an illusion that you don't have to pay your way, you don't have to measure up, then there are serious consequences for any country. "

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

Enda Kenny

Great

Difficulty

" People put dates on any kind of comment that you make. "

" I think 'austerity' is a much abused word. I prefer to call it 'fiscal discipline' or financial, 'financial competency.' "

" Ireland cannot become the collector general for the world. We can only tax on profits generated in the country here. "

" Our priority will be to look after the interests of our own country and its citizens. "

" The best recording is the one you bring with you in your mind. "

" Emigration is always a difficulty. "

" We have spent our time in government fixing the economy. "

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

" 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. "

" If you were to do it again, you'd probably do some things differently. But the decision is right to have a single entity manage the water and the waste water for a country. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

" People understand that you have to do difficult things to sort out our own public finances. "

" 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. "