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" 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

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Enda Kenny

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Difficulty

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

" 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. "

" 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 accept the verdict of the people. "

Enda Kenny

People

Verdict

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" What I do like is action, achievements, and results. Getting things done. "

Enda Kenny

Action

Done

" 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. "

" 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. "

" By 2007, an uncompetitive, bloated, over-borrowed and distorted Irish economy had been left at the mercy of subsequent international events without the safeguards, institutions, and mindset needed to survive and prosper as a small open economy inside the euro area. "

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

Enda Kenny

Never

People

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

" I didn't go on a campaign of developers asking, 'Please give me money.' "

" 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. "

" We'll look after the people who create jobs and business and give them that opportunity to grow in the time ahead. "

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

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

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

" The lion's share of the damage to the Irish economy was the fault of domestic, economic, and financial mismanagement. "

" The re-establishment of a hard border on the island of Ireland would be a step backwards and present an opportunity for others, with malign agendas, to exploit for destructive purposes. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "