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" 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
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" The world has changed utterly. There was a time when you couldn't marry a Protestant. There was a time when you got married that the women had to give up their job in the public service, and when they got married, they were owned by their husbands. That's all changed. "
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" 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. "
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" My experience would say to me, never presume to have an answer to what the people are actually going to do. "
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" 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. "
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" I am a big believer in Springsteen, I like his social comment; I like the commitment he puts into his work. "
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Big
Work
" 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. "
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" I just think that the older you get, the more you appreciate the responsibility of politics. "
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" 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. "
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" I have never been on the trail of developers or contractors. "
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Hard
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" We need to work together towards a mutually beneficial solution for Ireland, the U.K., and for Europe. "
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" 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. "
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" People understand that you have to do difficult things to sort out our own public finances. "
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" 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. "
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" My wife, Fionnuala, and I have been married for more than 20 years. "
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