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

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" 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. "

" Irish people are pragmatic. They understand that nobody is going to fix our problems but ourselves. "

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

" In Ireland here, the Revenue Commission have always been completely independent of the state since 1923, and they are quite adamant and quite clear that there was no preferential treatment and no special deals, no sweetheart deals, and that Apple paid the taxes that were due on their profits generated here in this country. "

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

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

" I now know what to do; I know how decisions can be made. I know how you can drive ministers and their departments to actually make decisions and bring results. "

" It is the young people in whom I place my confidence because of their competence, because of their enthusiasm, because of their capacity to meet the frontiers that are changing every week. "

" We'll look after our hospitals. We'll look after our schools. We'll look after our infrastructure. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" My experience would say to me, never presume to have an answer to what the people are actually going to do. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Cloyne's revelations are heart-breaking. "

" I don't like to see people on trolleys in hospitals; I don't like to see old people sitting in chairs for hours. "

" 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. "

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

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

" There will be no hard border from Dundalk to Derry in the context of it being a European border, and by that I mean customs posts every mile along the road. "

" 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? "

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

" 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. "

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

" Emigration is always a difficulty. "