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" 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
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" What I do like is action, achievements, and results. Getting things done. "
Enda Kenny
Like
Action
Done
" We'll look after the people who create jobs and business and give them that opportunity to grow in the time ahead. "
Enda Kenny
Time
Business
Opportunity
" 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
" 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. "
Enda Kenny
You
See
People
" I just think that the older you get, the more you appreciate the responsibility of politics. "
Enda Kenny
You
Think
Politics
" I intend to serve a full term as Taoiseach. "
Enda Kenny
Full
Intend
Serve
" 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. "
Enda Kenny
You
Water
Decision
" 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. "
Enda Kenny
Art
Best
You
" 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. "
Enda Kenny
Country
Better
Down
" 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
" 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. "
Enda Kenny
People
Will
Job
" You need to talk to people, and you need to hear what it is they have to say. "
Enda Kenny
Hear
Talk
You
" I don't like to see people on trolleys in hospitals; I don't like to see old people sitting in chairs for hours. "
Enda Kenny
Old
Old People
People
" Emigration is always a difficulty. "
Enda Kenny
Always
Emigration
Difficulty
" I have never had an interest in opinion polls. They are merely an indicator, that's all. "
Enda Kenny
Polls
Opinion
Never
" People put dates on any kind of comment that you make. "
Enda Kenny
Dates
You
People
" 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
" 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. "
Enda Kenny
Special
Always
Apple
" My relationship with Alan Shatter is a professional relationship: obviously worked with him over the years, complimented him for his work as a reforming minister, and move on. "
Enda Kenny
Work
Relationship
Over
" 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
Me
" I would never accuse the Irish people of being in any way stupid. "
Enda Kenny
Never
Way
People
" 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. "
Enda Kenny
Will
Good
Best
" I get on very well with Denis Naughten, absolutely. "
Enda Kenny
Well
Very
Get
" 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. "
Enda Kenny
Building
Philosophy
Problems
" For too long, Ireland has neglected its children. "
Enda Kenny
Long
Ireland
Too
" 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
" 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. "
Enda Kenny
Progress
Help
Change
" You have a responsibility as a locally elected deputy, but you also have a responsibility as the head of government. "
Enda Kenny
Government
You
Responsibility
" 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. "
Enda Kenny
Powerful
New
Like
" I think 'austerity' is a much abused word. I prefer to call it 'fiscal discipline' or financial, 'financial competency.' "
Enda Kenny
Think
Discipline
Word