Delivered at the Collins Institute inaugural conference, Saturday June 17 2017

A dhaoine uaisle, Is mór an onóir dom a bheith anseo libh inniú mar thaoiseach i nDáil Éireann. Táim fíor-chorraithe agus thar a bheith buíoch as ucht an tacaíocht atá faighte agam ón Dáil.

Chuir mééseo in iúl den Uachtarán mar atáleagtha amach i mBunreacht na hÉireann.

The office of Taoiseach has been occupied by many great men. Today, the baton is passing from one of these great men to another.

Fine Gael Senator for Dublin Rathdown, Neale Richmond, has welcomed the announcement that Stepaside Garda Station is to reopen but has warned that proper resources need to be made available to ensure the station serves the local community.

Fine Gael TD for Carlow, Pat Deering, has welcomed the announcement that Leighlinbridge Garda Station will reopen under a second round of re-opening of Station announcements.

This afternoon Leo Varadkar, Leader of Fine Gael, addressed the first meeting of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party since his election as Leader.