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" I get on very well with Denis Naughten, absolutely. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" By far, the greatest contribution Ireland can make is to lead by example, by actively pursuing its own transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy. "

Lead By Example

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The Seanad question was one element of a process of change and reform to politics that government has been pursuing. "

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

" Sometimes in politics, you get a wallop in the electoral process. "

" I have no interest in the trappings of power. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I'm a big fan of Springsteen. Obviously, his social commentary is very powerful for me. I like his album 'The Rising.' It's not a new one, but it sticks in my mind because of what it says to me. "

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

" I just think that the older you get, the more you appreciate the responsibility of politics. "

" My job is to rectify the public finances and hand the country back to the people so they can really have a future, and that is what I will do. "