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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Tax Code, Decentralisation Programme, Pension Provisions, Departmental Agencies, Health Services

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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Sep 2024)

“Today, the Department of Education celebrates its 100th birthday. In 100 years, Ireland has moved from being a country with the poorest educational progression in Europe, with fewer than one in eight getting beyond primary level, to a country with the highest level of education participation. Thirty years ago this year, a national convention on education was held. Given the watershed...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2024)

“The witnesses have said that, overall, the number on sub-minimum rates corresponds to 0.7% of employees. The key issue seems to be the current pressure on the hospitality sector, which says that the move towards the living wage has created big pressure in that sector and complains of very high rates of closure. Do the witnesses have evidence of what share of employees in the hospitality or...”

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Job Creation (9 Sep 2024)

“73.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he can provide figures for direct and indirect jobs potential if Ireland's targets are met in solar energy, onshore wind, offshore wind, biogas production and afforestation; the type of jobs which he envisages could be created in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35605/24]”

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• Has spoken in 121 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 502 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 11 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 92 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Richard Bruton speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 2107 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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