# richard-bruton - Today’s News
Richard Bruton is set to tell a climate summit that Ireland will play its part in dealing with climate change.
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Bruton’s is travelling to the COP25 climate summit in Madrid today.
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# richard-bruton - Friday 6 December, 2019
One of the options outlined in the consultation open from today is to encourage a wider use of green leases.
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The Communications Minister said it was a matter of “grave concern” that some journalists had been banned from radio stations.
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# richard-bruton - Thursday 28 November, 2019
Illegal dumping is a major problem for communities across the country.
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# richard-bruton - Wednesday 20 November, 2019
Patricia Devlin (73) is taking on the four-day strike in hopes of meeting Environment Minister Richard Bruton.
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# richard-bruton - Friday 15 November, 2019
The decision means the contract for the €3 billion plan can be signed.
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Ireland will be aiming to generate 70% of its electricity through renewable methods, Minister Bruton said.
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# richard-bruton - Monday 11 November, 2019
The closure of the two plants was announced last Friday.
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# richard-bruton - Sunday 10 November, 2019
Single-use coffee cups are to be hit with a levy of up to 25 cent under new government plans.
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# richard-bruton - Friday 8 November, 2019
It comes following the refusal of planning permission sought through An Bord Pleanála.
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# richard-bruton - Wednesday 6 November, 2019
A levy on fast-food takeaway containers is also on the way.
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# richard-bruton - Monday 4 November, 2019
Minister Richard Bruton will bring a memo to Cabinet tomorrow outlining a number of options to increase environmental levies.
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# richard-bruton - Friday 1 November, 2019
Minister Richard Bruton said he has met with all supermarket chains about reducing their waste.
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# richard-bruton - Thursday 31 October, 2019
Cabinet ministers launched the first progress report on the Climate Action Plan today.
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# richard-bruton - Tuesday 29 October, 2019
It is part of a wider overhaul of climate action measures within the Climate Action Plan.
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# richard-bruton - Sunday 20 October, 2019
This Bill would leapfrog over the government’s strategy, which Fianna Fáil has said is slow to materialise.
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# richard-bruton - Wednesday 16 October, 2019
The State-owned company has agreed to embark on a programme of rehabilitation of bogs in the midlands.
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# richard-bruton - Friday 11 October, 2019
The papers were stuck to the department’s walls with paint rollers.
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# richard-bruton - Wednesday 9 October, 2019
Brexit and Climate Action were to the two overriding focuses in this year’s Budget.
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# richard-bruton - Thursday 3 October, 2019
A terminal in the Shannon estuary earmarked to hold fracked gas is to be placed on an EU special projects list.
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# richard-bruton - Wednesday 2 October, 2019
The trees will be planted on Bord na Móna land.
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# richard-bruton - Monday 16 September, 2019
The plans will see Ireland adhering to a direction from the European Council made in May.
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# richard-bruton - Sunday 15 September, 2019
Reports have suggested that RTÉ may axe Lyric FM or sell off its Cork studio as part of an overall bid to cut costs.
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Minister Richard Bruton said that new legislation will be introduced to regulate social media companies.
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# richard-bruton - Monday 2 September, 2019
# richard-bruton - Monday 26 August, 2019
There are currently almost 1,100 public charge points available across the island of Ireland.
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# richard-bruton - Friday 23 August, 2019
Once the price structure is announced next month, there will be a lead-in time of a few weeks before charging kicks in.
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# richard-bruton - Monday 19 August, 2019
The minister has sought to assure homeowners worried about the end of the pilot programme.
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# richard-bruton - Thursday 15 August, 2019
A schedule of declining supports to buy electric cars should be considered, states department review.
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Contractors who worked in providing them have said the pulling of the scheme is a “massive slap in the face”.
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# richard-bruton - Friday 2 August, 2019
The government said that the TV licence fee should be replaced by a new charging system.
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The government plans to pivot to a “device independent broadcasting charge” by 2024.
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# richard-bruton - Wednesday 24 July, 2019
Minister Richard Bruton says he is willing to take a tougher stance on supermarkets who fail to pull their weight when it comes to reducing plastics.
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Conal O’Boyle said government is trying to hide the fact that they still grant oil licenses while telling people to buy an electric car.
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# richard-bruton - Wednesday 17 July, 2019
The company’s CEO raised the alternative cost at an Oireachtas committee last month.
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# richard-bruton - Friday 12 July, 2019
The 2018 National Litter Pollution Monitoring System Report has highlighted the extent of the problem
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# richard-bruton - Friday 5 July, 2019
Organisations including Ibec and the Irish Offshore Operators’ Association (IOOA) have welcomed the Government’s decision.
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# richard-bruton - Tuesday 2 July, 2019
The biggest ever trade agreement between the EU and South American countries was announced last week.
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# richard-bruton - Thursday 27 June, 2019
The government published submissions on the proposed laws today.
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