Key quotes
DANA ROSEMARY SCALLON
I don’t trust the Dublin 4 polls. I trust the people meet on the street.
GAY MITCHELL
I don’t think people are getting an opportunity to hear what the presidency is about . . . what is the the relevance of that question? [concerning suitability of Denis O’Brien to sit on Council of State] . . . ask us about the presidency.
MICHAEL D HIGGINS
I don’t believe [Seán Gallagher] will be the next president because I believe the public are rallying to a real independent mind, and that is myself.
MARY DAVIS
The welfare and protection of children is paramount and it takes precedence over anything else that we do and for too long children have been neglected – that should not be the case.
DAVID NORRIS
I think the reference [by Gallagher] to the envelope was a bit unfortunate.
MARTIN McGUINNESS
I come from Derry and Derry is as Irish as Cork . . . I think this partionist attitude [needs to end]. I think Irish citizens whether they be in the North or in the South, throughout the island, should have the right to vote for the president of our country.
SEÁN GALLAGHER
If he gave me an envelope I . . . if he gave me the cheque it was made out to Fianna Fáil headquarters and it was delivered and and that was that. It was nothing to do with me.