Leo Varadkar Quotes
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I keep my private life to myself, and that's going to continue.
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An agreement is an agreement, and when you make it, you should stick to it.
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We really need to come behind and press for marriage equality in Northern Ireland.
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What are these better deals the U.K. really wants from Europe and other countries? Some more clarity would be helpful.
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We have an educated and cynical electorate.
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I've never had a choice of which government department I would hold. I've always been assigned a department by the Taoiseach.
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Fine Gael is the party of opportunity, and no matter what background you come from, we give people a chance, and it gave me a chance.
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When a hospital is very crowded, there will be a real push to make sure people get their X-rays, get their tests and, you know, 'Let's get them out in four days'.
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I pledge as Taoiseach to use my office, for as long as I hold it, to advance the cause of LGBT rights, to press for marriage equality across Ireland, to speak up for LGBT rights around the world where they are under attack, and to push for the implementation of the sexual health strategy here at home at a time when it is more important than ever.
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My opinion has always been that when it comes to deciding where specialist centres should be located, whether they are regional or national specialities, it should be done on clinical grounds.
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I would love to believe that my political judgment is impeccable, but it's not.
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If you want to change things, politics is the best way to do that.
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People travel overseas to do things overseas that aren't legal in Ireland all the time. You know, are we going to stop people going to Las Vegas? Are we going to stop people going to Amsterdam? There are things that are illegal in Ireland, and we don't prevent people from travelling overseas to avail of them.
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I think there should be a law that would allow the Oireachtas to take pensions away from people. That would go for corrupt politicians; it would go for public servants who failed miserably or were incompetent.
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Unless people who voted for unionist parties are suddenly going to vote for a united Ireland, which I don't believe will happen, a border poll will be defeated.
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We should advocate that the North should stay in the customs union and the single market and that any customs checks should be in the ports and airports, not on land borders.
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My job as Taoiseach, and the job of any government, of course, is to represent all people.
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I suppose I've always put the career, the job and politics, all of that first.
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We always need to bear in mind that when it comes to blood transfusion, it's the person that's receiving the blood who takes the risk, not the person donating it.
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It's one of my government's ambitions to secure a seat for Ireland on the U.N. Security Council so that we can play an even greater role in international affairs and try to build what we all believe in, which is a world of laws.
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I know when my father travelled 5,000 miles to make his home in Ireland, I doubt he ever dreamed that his son would one day grow up to be its leader.
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I am not so naive to think that I can make every problem in the health service go away. No minister can. And never will be able to.
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What I do now is I train in the mornings, and people ask me why I do it. I do it for two reasons: first of all, to keep in shape, but secondly, I think training, sport, and physical activity is really good for mental health.
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Around the world, people look to Ireland as a country where it doesn't matter where you come from but where you want to go.