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# Richard Bruton

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Government to plant 600,000 new native trees over next three years
2 Oct 2019
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'Radical' new government strategy to ban single-use plastic plates, cutlery, straws
16 Sep 2019
15.7k
49
'RTÉ has to work it out': Minister says salaries of highest paid stars should be looked at
15 Sep 2019
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115
Government to put pressure on social media companies over online safety
15 Sep 2019
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18
Minister announces SEAI grants to deliver energy upgrades to nearly 700 homes
2 Sep 2019
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9
Local councils tasked with rolling out 1,000 on-street electric car charge points over the next 5 years
26 Aug 2019
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80
Electric car drivers will have to pay for charging with ESB set to announce cost next month
23 Aug 2019
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197
Retrofit scheme: Pre-deadline applications WILL be processed despite closure
19 Aug 2019
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12
Increase in electric car take-up 'could pose a substantial risk to stability of the State’s finances'
15 Aug 2019
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118
Minister told Dáil that home retrofit scheme had €6 million left. Seven weeks later, it closed down.
15 Aug 2019
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From 2024, the government wants to include phones and laptops in your TV licence fee
Updated 2 Aug 2019
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204
Poll: Should the TV licence fee be extended to include watching content on phones and laptops?
2 Aug 2019
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166
Minister in favour of 'naming and shaming' supermarkets that fail to reduce plastic packaging
24 Jul 2019
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34
16-year-old tells minister Fine Gael is 'passing the buck' when it comes to climate action
24 Jul 2019
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76
Government: Eir proposal to complete National Broadband Plan for €1 billion 'not feasible'
17 Jul 2019
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Littering could literally be halved if cigarette butts weren't thrown on the ground
12 Jul 2019
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72
Decision to halt Climate Emergency Bill described as 'utter hypocrisy' on side of the Government
5 Jul 2019
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75
Healy Rae tells ministers to get out of their 'ivory towers' and talk to Irish farming families about EU trade deal
2 Jul 2019
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Facebook urges against 'punitive' fines for firms who breach Government's new online safety laws
27 Jun 2019
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17
The perks, the costs and the end of free charging?: Here's what you need to know about switching to an electric car
23 Jun 2019
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153
Taoiseach says government will review UK's new 'porn block' law to see if it could work in Ireland
19 Jun 2019
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Dáil told insurance profits have jumped more than 1000%, but government says it's being 'as aggressive as it can be'
13 Jun 2019
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64
Consumers with solar panels could be able to sell excess electricity back to the grid in future
9 Jun 2019
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Bruton: 'When the wind doesn't blow and the sun doesn't shine, we need a back-up - and it remains oil and gas'
30 May 2019
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Bord na Móna could take up responsibility for growing Ireland's medicinal cannabis supply
25 May 2019
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31
Homeowners to pay back cost of house retrofits through their energy bills over 10 to 20 years
21 May 2019
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111
Ministers to order State bodies to decarbonise under new Climate Action Plan
20 May 2019
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49
National Broadband system could be sold on in years to come, say TDs as it's confirmed bidder to invest initial €220m
Updated 14 May 2019
22.3k
127
Cabinet signs off on the €3 billion broadband plan - here's what we know so far
Updated 7 May 2019
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140
Smoky coal ban delayed by government amid legal threats from coal industry
5 Apr 2019
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€3 million in funding announced to help combat illegal dumping
1 Apr 2019
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Bruton commits to having 70% of electricity generated from renewables by 2030
25 Mar 2019
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55
'An issue of national importance': Public consultation opens on new national cyber security strategy
19 Mar 2019
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4
Data Protection Commission says it was 'categorically' never lobbied by Enda Kenny
4 Mar 2019
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42
New law to crack down on cyberbullying and material that promotes self-harm
4 Mar 2019
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21
Protesters gather outside home of Minister for Communications Richard Bruton
Updated 17 Feb 2019
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213
Day three of nurses' strike: INMO denies that pay increases would lead to public sector 'free-for-all'
7 Feb 2019
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What has the Taoiseach done to reduce his carbon footprint? He's eating less meat
14 Jan 2019
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Should affluent areas pay less property tax? Minister says councillors should decide the rate in their area
14 Jan 2019
17.5k
77
The government is declaring war in 2019 (on single-use plastics)
31 Dec 2018
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