Micheál Martin: “I would express Ireland's solidarity with the victims of the weekend attack on the Berlin Pride festival that killed one…”

We don't do more harm to Europe than to the aggressor.

We need to be economically competitive in order to sustain the European way of life.

Holding the presidency is an honour and a responsibility, and we are ready to give it our all.

In our view reform is important, we have to reform our systems on a continuing basis and make them more effective, efficient and better value for money and take out perverse incentives.