Enda Kenny

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

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. ”

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. ”

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. ”

Our priority will be to look after the interests of our own country and its citizens. ”

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

I have no interest in the trappings of power. ”

We must ensure that more binding, durable, and enforceable fiscal rules go hand-in-hand with funding certainty for countries pursuing sound and sustainable economic policies. We need to keep pushing forward towards a comprehensive solution to the challenges of the eurozone. ”

The lion's share of the damage to the Irish economy was the fault of domestic, economic, and financial mismanagement. ”

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. ”