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" The U.K. and Ireland are like-minded on E.U. matters, and the process of working together in Brussels has built an immense store of knowledge, personal relationships, and trust between our governments. "

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" The Seanad question was one element of a process of change and reform to politics that government has been pursuing. "

Enda Kenny

Politics

Process

Government

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

Enda Kenny

Action

Done

" We have spent our time in government fixing the economy. "

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

" I have never had an interest in opinion polls. They are merely an indicator, that's all. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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? "

" 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 far, the greatest contribution Ireland can make is to lead by example, by actively pursuing its own transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" People understand that you have to do difficult things to sort out our own public finances. "

" Foreign investors like decisiveness; they like clarity. There isn't any confusion about Ireland's corporate tax rate: it is 12.5%. End of story. "

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

" I have never been on the trail of developers or contractors. "

" 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. "

Enda Kenny

Facts

Planning

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If people want to follow an illusion that you don't have to pay your way, you don't have to measure up, then there are serious consequences for any country. "

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