• Fine Gael TD for Dublin Bay North
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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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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Update on the Public Sector Climate Action Mandate: Discussion (15 Oct 2024)

“I thank our guests for their presentations. Let me comment on procurement first. I am a bit puzzled. The witnesses seem to be saying they do not have enough influence over the decisions made. Every public sector body has adopted the commitment to a 51% reduction. Presumably, the first and easiest thing to do is design the things one is now procuring. How can we continue and not be able...”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Update on the Public Sector Climate Action Mandate: Discussion (15 Oct 2024)

“Is their budget a lifetime budget or is the requirement to stay within this year's budget? There is an entirely different view if you take the lifetime impact and you factor in the carbon impact. As we go along, the price of carbon is heading towards the moon. What budget are they staying within?”

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Update on the Public Sector Climate Action Mandate: Discussion (15 Oct 2024)

“I would imagine that too.”

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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.
• 93 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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