Enda Kenny Quotes
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What I do like is action, achievements, and results. Getting things done.
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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.
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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.
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People understand that you have to do difficult things to sort out our own public finances.
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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.
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Bejaysus, I wish I didn't have to go back and face what I have to face.
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The decision of a majority of people in the United Kingdom to vote to leave the European Union is profoundly disappointing.
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If there's anyone out there who still doubts that Ireland is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our ancestors is alive in our time, who still questions our capacity to restore ourselves, reinvent ourselves and prosper, today is your answer.
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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.
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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.
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The best recording is the one you bring with you in your mind.
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The E.U. needs renewal, and we need a strong U.K. at the table to help to drive the reform agenda that can help the union regain competitiveness and growth.
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For too long, Ireland has neglected its children.
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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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The lion's share of the damage to the Irish economy was the fault of domestic, economic, and financial mismanagement.
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We have a very long legal system with the European Union, and we're English speaking.
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I intend to serve a full term as Taoiseach.
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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.
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Irish people are pragmatic. They understand that nobody is going to fix our problems but ourselves.
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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.
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My job starts at a quarter to seven in the morning, and you go right through until whatever time is necessary to finish up.
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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.
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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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Under no circumstances will I allow the Fianna Fail party back into government. They wrecked the economy twice.