Enda Kenny Quotes
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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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My wife, Fionnuala, and I have been married for more than 20 years.
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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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I have no interest in the trappings of power.
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I didn't go on a campaign of developers asking, 'Please give me money.'
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I get on very well with Denis Naughten, absolutely.
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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.
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It is about time county councils got back into the business of providing houses.
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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.
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The outstanding organiser who brought Lenin himself to Ireland to see how the National Loan worked.
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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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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.
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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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COP 21 provides a unique opportunity for the political leaders of this generation to provide lasting foundations for the preservation and sustainability of generations of the future.
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The revelations of the Cloyne report have brought the government, Irish Catholics, and the Vatican to an unprecedented juncture.
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Cloyne's revelations are heart-breaking.
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We link our future to the euro, to the euro zone, and to the European Union while being the nearest neighbor of the United Kingdom with, obviously, a common travel area and a very close working relationship with the U.K.
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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.
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I have never been on the trail of developers or contractors.
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You could do with a day's work, I'd say.
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I think 'austerity' is a much abused word. I prefer to call it 'fiscal discipline' or financial, 'financial competency.'
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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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I just think that the older you get, the more you appreciate the responsibility of politics.
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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.