For investor confidence, it is important that there is certainty about the future of Ireland in E.U.

I say to my friends, 'Don't just listen to the vuvuzelas; look at who scores the goals.' And this is the important thing.

I think diversity can also be a resource, an asset, especially in a world that is becoming globalized, to deal with difference, to deal with variety, to deal with complexity.

What people call serendipity sometimes is just having your eyes open.

I have full confidence in the IMF. It is a very strong international institution.

My mother wanted me to be a professor, because I have several people in my family who are professors at university.

At least in Europe, we consider the right to privacy a fundamental right and it is a very serious matter.