GAY MITCHELL
"Martin goes on with this propaganda [about his income]. Do you know how much money I gave to Trócaire last year, Martin? Why didn't you give it to Trócaire? You gave it to your propaganda machine."
DAVID NORRIS
"I have said time and time again that I abhor the abuse of children with every fibre of my being, be it physical, sexual or psychological . . . My conscience is clear. You know me. You know my record. I have been an open book all my life."
DANA ROSEMARY SCALLON
"The president can resist any kind of legislation that hands that kind of power [to take away our corporate tax rate] to Europe . . . I think we want to be in Europe but we don’t want to be controlled by Europe."
MARTIN McGUINNESS
"The people of Ireland are not stupid, and the people of Ireland are well capable of judging my contribution to Irish politics in the round."
MARY DAVIS
"I'm not coming here tonight with a set of aspirations of what I could or I might do with the presidency. I'm coming with a track record of what I have achieved."
SEÁN GALLAGHER
"I have never been a politician and I have never been elected. This is my first time standing for election and I'm standing now because I believe in the future of Ireland. I want to fight for it."
MICHAEL D HIGGINS
"I think it would have been very easy to have voted against the budget and to have walked away from public life but I am very glad I stayed in public life for 25 years in the Dáil, and nine years in the Seanad, and every word I said is on record."