Richard Bruton TD | Knows What Must Be Done

About Me

Hello, Thanks for clicking my new website. Many people have suffered huge losses due to bad government – lost their jobs, lost their savings, lost their homes. We must now make the future of our families secure again. To do that, we need to transform the way we do things in Ireland. We are pledged [...]

Getting Ireland Back to Work

The top priority for a new Fine Gael government is to get people back to work and stop forced emigration. Young people have been the main victims of the economic crisis. Two out of every three people pushed out of work are under the age of 30. We are losing our youth to emigration. Fine [...]

New Politics

New Politics New politics can put the interest of the citizen back at the centre of government. • Abolish severance payments for Ministers • Abolish the entitlement of Ministers to state cars • Cap app political pensions, only payable at 65 • Cut the pay of Taoiseach and Ministers • Require all expenses to be [...]

Faircare: Making Our Health Services Work

Fair Care – Making our Health Services Work Even with resources scarce, we can still focus on fairness. The acid test is how we help families cope with crises in their lives. FairCare is our fundamental reorganisation of the Irish health system based on three fundamental principles: Treat all patients equally: ending the distinction between [...]

Smaller, Smarter Government

Smaller, Smarter Government We need a smaller government that is effective and fair. Talented people in our public service are trapped in a system that fails them. We must break up the rigid structures and harness that talent. It is those who depend on public services who are the victims of waste. • Revolutionise the [...]

Fix the Public Finances

Fix the Public Finances We must cut our cloth to what taxpayers can afford. Piling on more and more new taxes won’t work. By cutting waste and inefficiency we can protect frontline services. • Focus on world-class efficiency in spending so income taxes don’t rise. • Streamline administration – eliminate and streamline up to 145 [...]

New SME loan scheme can create thousands of new jobs over coming years

Posted on 11 May 2011

Richard Bruton Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation unveils plans for partial loan guarantee scheme, micro-finance fund, 15-day prompt payment scheme, radical reform of JLC/REAs, diaspora finders fee scheme and other measures 10th May 2011 Continue Reading

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Towards a Just Society

Posted on 18 January 2011

Restoring a sense of Justice is central to coming to terms with the crisis that has engulfed our community. People feel a deep sense of injustice.

The security of families has been torn away – the value of savings liquidated, the prospect of jobs dashed, the possession of the family home put in jeopardy – all as a result of actions in which people justifiably feel they played no part.

The failure of the systems which people were assured would protect them has aggravated the sense of injustice, and made all the keener because no one has been held accountable. Continue Reading

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A Plan for Economic Recovery

Posted on 07 October 2010

It is long past time when Ireland should set out for itself a coherent Plan for Economic Recovery to confront this crisis. Just as 50 years ago Whitaker and Lemass cast aside failed policies, and challenged a narrow economic orthodoxy with a new Programme for Economic Expansion, so we must do so again today. Continue Reading