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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I accept the verdict of the people. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" Respectability in this country was a bad word because people did things who were in respected professions that let down the entire nation, and we're washing away their sins yet. "

" We need to work together towards a mutually beneficial solution for Ireland, the U.K., and for Europe. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "