Richard Bruton
@RichardbrutonTD
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Dublin Bay North @FineGael TD, husband, father, (regular) cook, (occasional) runner, swimmer...
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It is not fair that parents, who might otherwise not do so, should feel pressure to baptize their children in order to gain admission to their local school. That is why I am proposing to remove the role that religion plays in school admissions in virtually all primary schools
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From today, no government department or agency will buy single-use plastic cups, cutlery or straws for use within their offices. The govt must be the first to show that it takes policies for sustainability seriously, if we are to persuade the rest of society to make changes
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I will sign an order this morning to remove religion as a factor that can be used in admissions in virtually all primary schools. This applies from today. I will also bring into operation other key parts of the School Admissions Act to ensure greater fairness in admissions
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Computer Science will be a leaving certificate subject option from 2018 and coding will become part of the primary maths curriculum
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Following careful consideration by the National Emergency Coordination Group, the Department of Education and Skills, has decided that all schools will remain closed tomorrow
#Ophelia
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It has been a privilege to serve under four Taoisigh- Garret, John, Enda and Leo. We have helped deliver huge changes in Irish society during that time and there is still so much more for the 33rd Dail to achieve
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I’m expecting an invasion of staycationer’s to the Northside after this
@FineGael
🐟 🚲 🏊♂️
@RichardBrutonTD
shows you his top activities in Howth and the surrounding areas for your
#Staycation2020
.
From October, you can avail of our new scheme on your food and accommodation costs.
More:
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Today I secured government approval to draw up an all of government plan to make Ireland a leader in responding to climate change. The Plan will set out the actions to be taken by every government department and body to meet our climate commitments
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UPDATE: Status red has now been issued for all counties with immediate effect. All schools, third level institutions and colleges of further education will be closed tomorrow and Friday
#stormemma
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*** all schools, colleges and other education institutions are to remain closed tomorrow, Monday 16th in response to the imminent Storm Ophelia. The decision was made following discussions with members of the Government Task Force on Emergency Planning on this unprecedented storm
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We will accept the advice of the Climate Advisory Council and end the exploration of oil in Irish Waters
#ClimateActionSummit
@LeoVaradkar
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A new report today shows that Ireland’s primary school children are best in Europe and OECD countries for reading skills. Thanks to the principals, teachers and all those who made these fantastic results possible.
#BestinEurope
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Education (Admission to Schools) Bill has this evening passed the Dáil and Seanad and will now go to the President. Historic reforms in this Bill will remove religion as a criteria in admissions in virtually all primary schools, ban waiting lists, end fees relating to admissions
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The Dàil has tonight passed the School Admissions Bill, including my amendment to remove the role that religion plays in school admissions in virtually all primary schools. The legislation will have a historic impact on how children access their local school.
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I took a keen interest when SF voted against the development of the Oscar Traynor Road site depriving 853 families a home in my constituency. I look forward to debating you on
@drivetimerte
tomorrow.
Richard, glad to see you developing an interest in housing. Pity you didn’t have this interest when in Cabinet.
Your comment below is factually incorrect. How about you & I debate these issues in public with an independent chair. I’m ready when you are.
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It is recognised that the decision to close schools will have a major impact on families and on the workforce. However, this decision has been taken in the interests of safety for children and to provide clarity for everyone concerned
#Ophelia
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All An Post deliveries in Dublin City will be carried out by zero emission vehicles by the end of this year as part of
@AnPostvox
new Eco Plan.
Zero emission deliveries will be extended to
#Cork
#Galway
#Waterford
#Kilkenny
#Limerick
by the end of next year
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It is not often people go to government building to show a Minister appreciation for their work. The thank you to
@HMcEntee
shows how much the regularisation of long term undocumented migrants means to people.
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I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank all those principals, teachers, students and parents who co-operated fully with the safety measures in place over the past two days
#ophelia
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I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank all those principals, teachers, students and parents who co-operated fully with the safety measures in place over the past days.
#StormEmma
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I’m delighted
@campaignforleo
has chosen me to lead on this crucial issue and am excited to take on the challenges and opportunities the new role will bring.
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Given disruption to transport & the safety risks arising, esp in relation to the ability to get home safely before blizzard like conditions hit Munster & Leinster, all schools, 3rd level institutions & centres of further ed in red areas will be closed tomorrow & Friday
#StormEmma
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Honoured to represent the people of Dublin Bay North and the old Dublin North Central since 1982. I have always and will continue to do my best for my constituents. Thanks to everyone for the kind well wishes.
@willieodeaLIVE
here’s to 40 more? A long way to Aiken’s record!
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Huge honour to be reappointed as Minister for Education and Skills. The work begins anew.
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Today I am announcing that I will introduce a new Online Safety Act to improve online safety and protect our children online. I will be on
@MorningIreland
@BreakfastNT
shortly
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What is needed in our housing sector is to align both public and private activity in the housing market in the public interest.
Sinn Féin's populist fairytales of villains and heroes won't help to build houses -
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Sinn Fein don’t want the housing crisis fixed. They have opposed:
- thousands of new homes across the city
- new mechanisms for Affordable Housing
- the use of state land to provide mixed housing options for the entire community.
Emer has selective amnesia
10 years of Fine Gael Government
✖️ Largest housing crisis ever
✖️ Over 10,000 people homeless
✖️Rising house prices
✖️ Unaffordable rents
✖️ Public land sold to private developers
✖️ 12 year wait for Social housing
But hey it's all Sinn Féin's fault
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I said on my appointment that putting in place a trajectory for carbon taxation to 2030 would be important if we are to respond to climate change. Suggestion by
@EamonRyan
that each party should sign up to a 2030 trajectory is a positive one and I welcome the Taoiseach's support
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I have announced today that the smoky coal ban will be extended to 13 more towns, meaning that all towns with populations over 10,000 people will be covered
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Eoin and his party also opposed the development of 850 mixed homes on the Oscar Traynor site despite DCC showing that the homes could not be built cheaper by direct build.
Ó Broin opposed social housing project after asking constituents for their views
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I'll be launching a new
#STEM
strategy this morning, which will set out a roadmap for making Ireland the best in science, technology, engineering & maths in Europe within a decade
#BestinEurope
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🚴🏻🚴🏻♂️🚴🏻♀️it’s National Bike Week - For anyone who hasn’t taken up cycling I would encourage them to give it a go! Thanks to
@DubCityCouncil
cycling in our city is now much easier and safer with the many new bike lanes introduced in recent months🚴🏻♀️🚴🏻♂️🚴🏻
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Today I’m announcing a range of new environmental levies to crack down on Plastics, Single Use Cups, Landfill and Takeaway Waste. Vital that we reduce the amount of waste created. This is a key part of the Climate Action Plan
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From today independent booksellers all over the country can avail of a reduced postal rate when posting their books. Get reading!📚
An Post supporting independent bookshops with introduction of €2.95 post on all parcels! AMAZING!!! Now all orders placed with us, book requests & bundles, will only have €2.95 postage. Never a better time to order 😊👍🙌
Have a peruse here:
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Now more than ever we must be able to rely on the accuracy of news on the Climate Crisis. Trusted news sources should vigilantly correct their errors. Last week the Irish Times declined to do so, here is my letter addressing the issue.
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P.E. will be an examinable
#LeavingCert
subject from 2018. It's been a long time coming! Delighted to announce with
@campaignforleo
today
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At a time when people are struggling with the extraordinary difficult challenges that Covid & Brexit are presenting and after an extremely comprehensive debate in the Dáil on Tuesday, it is incredible SF wish to waste time engaging in narrow tribal politics.
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Best consumed with a pinch of salt.
'Shane Ross offers few insights into Fine Gael, and his former membership is never mentioned. He lazily reheats a stereotype of a tribe of privately educated prima donnas who view themselves as the natural party of power' -
@RichardbrutonTD
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I am delighted to be elected chair of
@FineGael
parliamentary party & I look forward to working with the other officers. We have a great team to work with. We are determined to rise to the country’s challenges and make a difference in people’s lives.
Congratulations to the new members of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party officer board:
@RichardbrutonTD
(Chair)
@CarrollJennifer
(Vice Chair)
@Alan_Dillon
(Secretary)
@EmerHigginsTD
(Assistant Secretary)
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The cost of not becoming a leader on climate is not just environmental, it is financial. Missing our 2020 co2 targets will cost Ireland €6-13m. Missing our renewables targets by 4% could cost €90m or more. Development of a Climate Action Plan vital
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Leo brought a fresh new outlook to Irish politics, and he leaves with a strong record of achievement, most of it forged in times of adversity. Go n’éirí an bothar leis.
“On a personal level, I have enjoyed being Taoiseach and Leader of Fine Gael”
—
@LeoVaradkar
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I announced today a new scheme to support the roll out of 1,000 electric vehicle charging points by local authorities. One of a number of measures we are taking to support electric vehicle roll out. Builds on Climate Action Fund investment announced earlier this year
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I'm very sorry to hear of the passing of Prof. John Coolahan. He was a giant of Irish Education who made a huge contribution over many decades. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam uasal dílis.
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Discussing climate and the environment with the the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the top of Howth head this afternoon
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I am delighted to announce my decision to grant TU4Dublin’s application for designation as Ireland’s first technological university
@campaignforleo
@mitchelloconnor
@ditofficial
@itbdublin
@ittallaght
@Paschald
@KZapponeTD
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To all those students receiving your results today-there are more opportunities now than ever before to help you achieve your ambitions in life, whether you choose the apprenticeship, traineeship, further education or third level route
#LeavingCert
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Congratulations Simon Meehan, overall winner of the
@BTYSTE
. Fantastic achievement for both you and your teacher Karina Lyne. Well done to all those who took part, great to see such passion and excitement for the STEM subjects
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PE and Computer Science will roll out at leaving cert subjects in September. We are providing grants to schools to make it happen
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Huge thank you to everyone in Dublin Bay North for your support. It’s an honour to continue to represent you
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I don’t believe parents, who might otherwise not do so, should feel pressure to baptize their children to gain admission to local school
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Saying thank you and good bye to
@Education_Ire
. We achieved a lot together and I really enjoyed my time here. On to the next challenge!
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Increasing Carbon taxes will have a strong role to play and I believe that we need to set a trajectory for increasing carbon taxes between now and 2030. It is important that people have this certainty.
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Today I will hold a summit on All of Government Climate Plan bringing together stakeholders to discuss how we can make Ireland a Leader on Climate
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Now more than ever it is so important to stay in touch at a distance. Telecoms providers including BT Ireland, Eir, Pure Telecoms, Sky Ireland, Tesco Mobile Ireland, Three Ireland, Virgin Media & Vodafone have agreed with my Dept to increase supports to help people stay in touch
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Today is a historic day for rural Ireland. The government are signing the National Broadband Contract, which will bring High-speed broadband to the 1.1M people across Ireland who can’t get access
#NationalBroadbandPlan
#Ireland2040
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We will invest €8.4 billion in primary and post primary schools, 50 large scale school projects annually with an additional 15,000 schools places annually
#ireland2040
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The very best of luck to all sitting the State Exams tomorrow
#leavingcert2018
#juniorcert2018
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Schools, VTOS & Youthreach centres will reopen tomorrow & school transport will be back in operation, subject to any damages experienced at a local level. As always, schools must ensure safety of those in their care & give due consideration to this when making decision to re-open
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It is also the case that school authorities will in very many cases not have had an opportunity to check their buildings and confirm they are safe, have power and water, and that routes to the school are safely open
#Ophelia
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I have joined 13 colleague Ministers across the EU in calling for the European Green Deal to be central to a resilient jobs and economic recovery. Details are published here: .
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CCPI 2019 highlights the fact that we are far off course in our response to climate change. I recently secured government approval to develop an all of government plan to make Ireland a leader in responding to climate change. Todays report reinforces the urgency of this work
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Advice today: Decisions on school closures will be made locally by each school individually depending on the circumstances in their area, this includes schools in the red areas. We will continue to monitor the situation and update further throughout the day
#beastfromtheeast
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Encouraging men to vote
#repealthe8th
with government colleagues this morning in Stephens Green
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Thank you to principals, deputy principals and the whole school community for your response to Storm Ophelia. The response to the storm showed the Irish public service at its best
#napd2017
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Announcing 1,000 extra SNAs will be provided in 2018. This will ensure that every child that needs a SNA will get one. Government committed to helping every child to achieve their potential.
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Disappointed that a number of coal firms have indicated that they would challenge the extension of the smoky coal ban. Am working with the Attorney General to develop legally robust plan to reduce particulate matter in the air
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I'm hugely honoured to be appointed Minister for
@Education_Ire
and looking forward to the challenge
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In 2012 when I launched Action Plan for Jobs we set a target to create 100,000 jobs by end 2016. Figures today show over 200,000 created
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This week the
@DeptHousingIRL
in response to my PQ stated the cost of delivering a direct build in DCC is €383,609. Recently SF put out deliberately misleading figures on the cost of DCC directly building a home at €181,500k, they knew the Council estimated it much higher.
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We want Ireland to be a leader in responding to climate change. Today’s announcement, which will see 7 major projects share €77m in govt funding (leveraging €300m overall) under round one of the Climate Action Fund, will make a significant impact to reaching our targets
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The fact is Sinn Fein don’t care what tactics they use to take out opponents for their own partisan goals. The Tanaiste has been fully accountable, answered every question asked of him, but they persist with their fake news in their tribal echo chambers.
The facts are that Fine Gael see no wrong in the politics of insiders, of favours for friends, of breaching trust & processes. It’s all part of politics as usual - move along - nothing to see here. Not good enough. We will hold this Government & FG to account.
@sinnfeinireland
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We're undergoing a digital revolution, our children have more tech in their phones than my generation ever had, our ed system must respond
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800,000 electric cars to be sold in Europe by the end of the year, up 60% from 2019.
Cheaper Batteries, More Chargers for Electric Car Buyers in 2020
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Delighted to announce P.E. as a new Leaving Certificate Subject. Really important curriculum change
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SF voted against 6,000 homes across Dublin & this week they continued their hypocrisy by voting against the LDA Bill that will deliver affordable homes right across the country.
Stephen Collins: SF hypocrisy on housing a challenge to Government
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While it is recognised that some schools may not be as badly impacted as others, the information available at this time indicates that over 350,000 businesses & homes already without power, severe winds continue to cause damage across the country as the storm progresses.
#Ophelia
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Great to see
@MurphyEoghan
introduce a bill in the Dáil this afternoon to ban plastic microbeads. The Climate Action Plan commits to eliminating non-recyclable plastic and impose higher fees on the production of materials which are difficult to recycle
#ClimatePlan2019
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Announcing that Ireland is joining the Carbon Neutrality Coalition
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I want to make Ireland a leader in responding to climate change, not a follower. That will require a significant step change across govt. I will lead on the development of an all of govt plan which will set out the actions which must be taken in every government dept and body.
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SF is again misusing statistics to bolster its threadbare Housing Policy.
@EOBroin
in the
@IrishTimes
seeks to pretend that the bricks & mortar cost represents the entire cost for a private builder.
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Looking forward to this new challenge, working on some of the most crucial issues currently facing the country. I am committed to implementing the National Broadband Plan, which will deliver broadband to over 500,000 homes, schools and businesses across the country.
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It's a great honour to be appointed as Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment
At a ceremony at Áras an Uachtaráin, this evening President Higgins
@PresidentIRL
appointed Richard Bruton TD as Minister for Communications, Climate Action & Environment...
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Glad to see SF withdraw their bill on Wind Turbines from the Dáil schedule that would effectively ban onshore renewable wind energy. Credit to
@John_McGahon
for calling out this opposition for opposition’s sake.
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The Land Development Agency will be the game changer in the delivery of housing supply across the country.
Housing is the No.1 priority for Fine Gael.
We are taking radical action to build more homes with the Land Development Agency and the Affordable Housing Bill.
These Bills will fix the problem for young people wanting to get access to homes at an affordable price.
#TonightVMTV
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Today's announcement by Amazon is a landmark deal in Ireland, the first such corporate agreement in our country to provide unsubsidised renewable energy. In our plan I will be putting a big focus on increasing the level of electricity coming from renewable sources
Excited to announce 3 new renewable energy projects today—including our first outside of the US. The wind farms in Ireland, Sweden & the US will help us towards our long-term goal of 100% renewable energy for our AWS global infrastructure.
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As internet safety week begins, I am investing €30m in ICT equipment for schools. Digital technology can transform the way people learn, encouraging curiosity, exploration and creative thinking.
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Instead of welcoming the establishment of the LDA, a well-funded state developer with first option on the entire portfolio of state lands, and a mandate to build affordable homes, SF reaches for fake populist slogans and ignores the massive opportunity.
Tonight FF/FG/GP voted through FGs Land Development Agency
The LDA will overpay for public land, overcharge for rental & purchase homes while undermining local democracy
Instead of funding Councils, AHBs & CHTs to deliver 20,000 public homes on public land a year we get NAMA II
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For
@FineGael
&
@LeoVaradkar
politics is about resolving conflict and bringing people with you through competence & compassion. For SF politics is about theatre and creating division in our society.
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Teanga an-speisialta í an Ghaeilge. Táim féin agus an Rialtas seo go láidir ar son oideachas trí Ghaeilge a chur chun cinn
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SF is not comparing like with like.
The Council direct build in DCC & Fingal have zero cost attributed to land & are additionally distorted by Priory Hall which was only a refurbishment. These are not comparable to a purchase where full costs must be paid
This claim by
@RichardbrutonTD
is untrue.
I released comprehensive costings for direct delivery & turnkey social housing developments for all local authorities for 2018 & 2019 here: and Part V costings for 2016 to 2019 below.
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SF’s ideology voting against the development of homes ignores the urgent need for housing in all categories such as Oscar Traynor Rd lands. However, nationally the implication is much worse, the potential of the LDA to develop mixed housing will be killed at birth.
Sinn Féin’s record on housing shows it would make any situation much much worse.
For example, they voted against 850+ new homes being built on Oscar Traynor Road lands.
@richardbrutonTD
will debate Sinn Féin’s housing spokesperson at 5.35pm on
@RTERadio1
.
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I have signed the historic Commencement Order bringing a number of important sections on the Admissions to Schools Act 2018 into operation. This will include measures making it easier for a child to attend their local school
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Planning permission has been approved for the development of a new Cystic Fibrosis ward in Beaumont Hospital - this is great news for our local hospital
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Delighted to announce that the Digital Learning Framework for schools is available to all primary and secondary schools from today
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Increase of €554m marks the largest ever education budget, at a total of over €10billion in 2018, a 5.8% increase
#budget18
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We are investing in a wide range of incentives to support the purchase of electric vehicles and are investing €10m to expand the public charging network which will help tackle range anxiety and give confidence to people thinking about making the change
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Banning a range of single-use plastics, new fees on non-recyclable plastics, like on food packaging in supermarkets, and halving food waste will be vital to ensuring the Climate Action Plan succeeds. Hosting an important summit today about implementing the change
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Plastic is one of the main causes of chronic ocean pollution. Tackling plastic waste and increasing the level of plastic recycling is a key priority of mine during my time as minister
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