Enda Kenny Quotes
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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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People understand that you have to do difficult things to sort out our own public finances.
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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 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 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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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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For too long, Ireland has neglected its children.
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I intend to serve a full term as Taoiseach.
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The fact is that I used the word, and no context can excuse it. I failed to exemplify my own standards and those of my party. I apologise for any offence this may have caused, particularly to the Lumumba family.
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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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What I do like is action, achievements, and results. Getting things done.
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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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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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The incoming government is not going to leave our people in the dark. Paddy likes to know what the story is.
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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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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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I don't like to see people on trolleys in hospitals; I don't like to see old people sitting in chairs for hours.
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We have a very long legal system with the European Union, and we're English speaking.
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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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Conservation is important... water comes at a cost.
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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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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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Irish people are pragmatic. They understand that nobody is going to fix our problems but ourselves.
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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.