Richard Bruton — Watch Them Work

Most recent lobbying returns

2026-01-21 Finance Community Platform — Emailed all Ministers, TDs and Senators with a copy of the Community Platform’s Four Tests for Budget 2026 asking them to support these proposals in the run up to the announcement of Budget 2026.
2026-01-20 Education and Training Dyslexia Association of Ireland — Dyslexia Awareness Month Presentation to Oireachtas Members for Dyslexia Awareness Month
2025-05-21 Children and Youth Affairs Youth Advocate Programmes Ireland CLG — YAP Ireland Annual Report 2024 Launch
2025-05-20 Education and Training The Union of Students in Ireland — Lobby day email
2025-01-21 Energy and Natural Resources Teneo Strategy Ireland Limited — Role of energy efficiency solutions in meeting Ireland’s climate action targets
2025-01-21 Energy and Natural Resources Friends of the Earth — International Fossil Fuel Phase Out and COP29
2025-01-21 Environment Friends of the Earth — Recommendations on Party Manifestos and Government Programme
2025-01-21 Community Family Carers Ireland — FCI Pre- Budget Submissions

Date	Them	Party	Action	Bill / motion	Outcome
2024-10-23	ta	nil	Question put	Report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying: Motion (Resumed)	Carried
2020-07-30	ta	nil	Amendment put	Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages Govt (Housing) ↗	Lost

Date	Pos	Action	Bill / motion	Outcome
2024-11-06	nil	Question put	Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) Aontú PMB ↗	Lost
2024-11-05	ta	Question put	Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages Govt (Finance) ↗	Carried
2024-11-05	ta	Question put	An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business	Carried
2024-10-23	ta	Question put	Public Health Service Staffing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Carried
2024-10-23	ta	Amendment put	Public Health Service Staffing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Carried
2024-10-23	ta	Question put	Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2024: Motion (Resumed)	Carried
2024-10-23	ta	Question put	Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Carried
2024-10-23	ta	Amendment put	Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Carried
2024-10-23	ta	Question put	Report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying: Motion (Resumed)	Carried
2024-10-23	ta	Question put	Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: From the Seanad	Carried
2024-10-23	ta	Question put	Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages	Carried
2024-10-23	ta	Question put	Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed)	Carried
2024-10-22	ta	Question put	An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business	Carried
2024-10-16	ta	Question put	Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) Govt (Finance) ↗	Carried
2024-10-16	ta	Question put	VAT Rate for Hospitality Sector: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]	Carried

Top departments

353	Health
270	Education
229	Housing
209	Environment
183	Social
144	Finance
137	Transport
136	Children

Most recent

2024-11-07 Transport Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if he has assessed whether travel arrangements to major sporting events can be protected within the context of a cap on Dublin Airport flights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45434/24]
2024-11-07 Finance Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware the new Revenue Commissioners rulings following a Supreme Court ruling on the boundary between self-employment and employee status appears to have required that media companies making advertisements which might be extremely short contracts are being obliged to treat people as employees, whereas in the UK, the Revenue system recognises the special conditions which apply in that subsector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45527/24]
2024-11-07 Finance Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if an analysis of VAT returns reveals a pattern of a difficult time for small high-street businesses in the form of trends in yields, business closures or payment difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45435/24]
2024-11-07 Finance Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he has studied the recent report from his Department on the difficulty of securing funding for multi-unit developments, and if there are implications for public policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45439/24]
2024-11-07 Education Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she will indicate the reason the examination of some new planning conditions imposed on the development of a school (details supplied) has taken such a long time; whether the issue causing delay is one of cost, technical feasibility, or of detail specification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45513/24]
2024-11-07 Education Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a school (details supplied) with financial assistance to cover costs for essential upgrades, including electrical system, fire alarm, plumbing, and groundworks, necessary for Tusla compliance under the emergency works scheme; if there are other financial aid programs available to assist with these costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45604/24]
2024-11-07 Education Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she will provide additional modular classroom accommodation with toilets for a school (details supplied) which, due to increased enrolment and inadequate facilities, is facing severe space constraints despite the appointment of an additional teacher; if she agrees that immediate support is needed to ensure a conducive to learning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45605/24]
2024-11-07 Tourism Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the extent to which the priority for fast growing areas in the recent allocation of Sport Capital Grants has resulted in successful applications in these communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45436/24]
2024-11-07 Agriculture Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (detail supplied) will receive an update on an application to transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45601/24]
2024-11-05 Education Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the latest data available to her on literacy and numeracy performance across schools; if she will indicate how great is the deviation between highest performing and lowest performing schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44991/24]

Richard Bruton Fine Gael · Dublin Bay North

Who's been in their ear 42 lobbying returns filed · 34th Dáil

Declared interests

Broke with Fine Gael 2 times

Recent divisions

Parliamentary questions 2,254 in loaded window