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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It is about time county councils got back into the business of providing houses. "

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

" 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. "

" 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

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

" 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. "

" Conservation is important... water comes at a cost. "

" 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. "

" Building on our strong track record of supporting developing countries, including in areas like climate justice, human rights, gender and education, Ireland recognises that vulnerable communities need very considerable assistance in adapting to climate change. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We must ensure that more binding, durable, and enforceable fiscal rules go hand-in-hand with funding certainty for countries pursuing sound and sustainable economic policies. We need to keep pushing forward towards a comprehensive solution to the challenges of the eurozone. "

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

" 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. "