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32-731: Upon its formation, it replaced, and took over all the functions of the Labour Relations Commission , Employment Appeals Tribunal and the National Employment Rights Authority. Before the formation of the Workplace Relations Commission in 2015, there were several organisations that were responsible for industrial relations in the State, including the Labour Relations Commission, Employment Appeals Tribunal and

64-640: A tobacconist in 1824 and opened a shop in Dundalk, later also manufacturing cigars. He moved to Liverpool in England in the 1850s. His son Vincent Stannus Carroll expanded the firm in the later 19th century. His son James Marmion Carroll moved to a house outside Dundalk. A second factory was opened, in Liverpool, in 1923. The company went public in 1934. A purpose-built factory opened in 1970. Designed by Ronnie Tallon of Michael Scott and Partners , it

96-452: A disastrous election result at the 2002 general election ; Bruton was one of the few frontbench Fine Gael TDs to retain his seat. The party lost 23 of its 54 TDs; party leader Michael Noonan soon resigned following the poll. Bruton stood as a candidate in the subsequent leadership election . He was defeated by Enda Kenny , but he was appointed deputy leader of Fine Gael and spokesperson for Finance , posts he maintained until 2010. Bruton

128-473: A number of front bench positions including, Energy , Natural Resources , Health , Enterprise and Employment and Director of Policy. He was also the campaign manager for his brother John Bruton 's successful party leadership bid in 1990. Following the 1992 general election , Fianna Fáil and the Labour Party formed a coalition government, which collapsed in 1994. Bruton then helped to negotiate

160-538: A second referendum if the Irish people voted "No". Following the 2016 general election , there was a delay in government formation . On 9 May 2016, after talks had concluded on forming a new government, Enda Kenny appointed Bruton as Minister for Education and Skills . Bruton launched the first Action Plan for Education in September 2016. The Plan's high-level ambition is to make Ireland's education and training system

192-424: A series of discussions in which Bruton said he had lost confidence in him. Kenny later told the media that "Richard's decision leaves me with no option but to relieve him of all his responsibilities". He also said that "some unnamed people have done huge damage to Fine Gael through their anonymous comments to the media which has resulted in an opinion poll dominating the news agenda". He then assigned responsibility for

224-601: Is a concerted whole of government policy implementation with political backing and oversight at the highest level. The other important development noted by the OECD is the rigorous quarterly monitoring and reporting system modelled on the Troika programme. While campaigning for the government before the European Fiscal Compact referendum on 17 May 2012, Bruton admitted on live radio the possibility of there being

256-486: Is a research economist by profession. After university he worked at the Economic and Social Research Institute . This was followed by two years in the tobacco company P. J. Carroll , before moving on to his final private sector job at CRH . He is the younger brother of John Bruton , who was Taoiseach from 1994 to 1997. Bruton is married to Susan Meehan; they have four children, two sons and two daughters. Bruton

288-534: Is an Irish manufacturing company of tobacco . Having been established in 1824, P.J. Carroll is the oldest tobacco manufacturer in the country, and currently a subsidiary of British American Tobacco . Its cigarette brands were among the best selling in Ireland in the twentieth century. Its factory was for decades the largest employer in Dundalk . Patrick James Carroll (b. 1803) completed his apprenticeship as

320-877: Is their complaints service, where employees can present complaints in relation to contraventions of, and disputes as to entitlements under employment, equality and equal status legislation to the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission. It also provides alternative dispute relation services including conciliation and mediation. The WRC's Information and Customer Service Division provides advice and guidance to employees and employers on employment law rights, equality rights and industrial relations. New regulations in 2024 introduced on-the-spot fines for breaches in employment laws, pertaining to redundancies, contracts, and distribution of tips and gratuities. The WRC also conducts inspections of workplaces and ensures employers compliance with employment law. The WRC advises

352-588: The Irish Independent said that Bruton deserves credit for the manner in which the Action Plan for Jobs has been crafted and implemented across a range of government departments over the last three years. A review of the Action Plan for Jobs by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) concluded it had led to two significant developments in Irish public governance. One

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384-577: The 2002 party leadership election to Enda Kenny , Bruton was retained on the front bench and promoted to deputy leader as well as spokesperson on Finance. After an unsuccessful leadership challenge in 2010, he was demoted to spokesperson on Enterprise, Trade and Innovation. He was elected to Dublin City Council in 1999, representing the Artane local electoral area. He relinquished this seat when dual mandates were banned in 2003. Fine Gael had

416-602: The National Employment Rights Authority. These different organisations caused confusion amongst employees and employers, as it was unclear what organisation was the correct one to raise certain issues with. This led to the then-Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton submitting a proposal to the Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in July 2012 that a new Workplace Relations Commission be formed. Two years later in July 2014,

448-558: The Rainbow Coalition between Fine Gael, the Labour Party and Democratic Left . In that government, his brother John Bruton became Taoiseach . Bruton was appointed as Minister for Enterprise and Employment . A return to opposition in 1997 saw Bruton become opposition spokesperson on Education and Science, a position he held until he was appointed Director of Policy and Press Director in a reshuffle in 2000. After losing

480-454: The Dáil that the government had "doubled its dependence on the construction sector to support its revenue. A total of 25% of every tax euro spent by the government comes from the construction sector. We are not in a strong position; we are, in fact, in a vulnerable position". Bruton raised concerns about the payment of benchmarking awards. In 2003, on behalf of Fine Gael, he proposed a motion that

512-515: The Finance portfolio to Deputy Kieran O'Donnell . The first TD to come out in support of Bruton before his sacking was frontbencher Fergus O'Dowd from County Louth . Nine other members of the front bench publicly expressed no confidence in Kenny's leadership. These included Leo Varadkar , Simon Coveney , Brian Hayes and Olivia Mitchell . On 17 June 2010, a meeting of the parliamentary party

544-586: The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment about the application of, and compliance with, relevant employment legislation. Richard Bruton Richard Bruton (born 15 March 1953) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who has served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin Bay North from 2016 to 2024, and previously from 1982 to 2016 for the Dublin North-Central constituency. He

576-667: The Workplace Relations Act 2015 was presented to the Oireachtas, and was signed into law by the President in May 2015. In July 2015, in a Statutory Order, the Minister set 1 October 2015 as the date that the Workplace Relations Act would be commenced (i.e. when the new Workplace Relations Commission would form and the preceding agencies would dissolve). The Workplace Relations Commission's primary and most-known service

608-569: The basis of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). PJ Carroll comes under the definition of Tobacco Industry as set out by the FCTC, but the FCTC does not prohibit engagement between tobacco companies and public representatives, but puts in place strict rules relating to transparency. Of international brands, Carroll's manufactured Rothmans and Dunhill and distributed Winfield , and Lucky Strike Carroll's

640-631: The best in Europe by 2026. Following the election of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach, Bruton was reappointed as Minister for Education and Skills on 14 June 2017. After Minister Denis Naughten 's resignation from government due to controversy surrounding the National Broadband Plan, Bruton became Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment on 11 October 2018. He was re-elected at the general election in February 2020 , but

672-464: The measures required are in place. In The Irish Times in early 2014, Stephen Collins wrote approvingly that "hundreds of commitments in the programme are steadily being delivered by Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton" and a year later described the annual plan which is "driven by Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton" as being "one of the outstanding success stories of the Coalition’s term". In an editorial

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704-437: The new Taoiseach Enda Kenny as Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on 9 March 2011. Bruton launched the first annual Action Plan for Jobs in 2012. The Plan's high-level target was to create 100,000 net new jobs by 2016. Bruton announced in May 2015, that the target to create 100,000 additional new jobs had been hit almost two years early. The Action Plan is based on setting realistic targets and focusing on them until

736-479: The payment of the remaining phases of benchmarking be suspended pending implementation of a serious reform package so that the €1.3 Billion cost of benchmarking would be matched by commensurate improvements in public services. On 14 June 2010, Bruton was sacked as deputy leader and spokesperson on Finance, by his leader Enda Kenny, after he informed his colleagues that he would be proposing a leadership challenge against Kenny. Kenny explained that he and Bruton had had

768-661: Was a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from 1981 to 1982. Bruton was born in Dublin in 1953, but grew up in Dunboyne , County Meath . He is a son of Joseph and Doris Bruton. He was educated at Belvedere College , Clongowes Wood College , University College Dublin and Nuffield College , Oxford . At Oxford, he graduated with a MPhil in Economics , his thesis being on the subject of Irish public debt. He

800-570: Was a major sponsor of sport in Ireland until restrictions were imposed on tobacco advertising . The company had naming rights over the GAA All Stars Awards (1971–78); and Irish showjumping horses of the 1970s and 80s, such as "Carroll's Boomerang ". In golf , Carroll's was the sponsor of several professional tournaments including the Carroll's International (1963 to 1974), the Carroll's Number 1 Tournament (1965 to 1968),

832-689: Was acquired by British American Tobacco Plc in 1998. The company's share of the Irish tobacco market is around 17%. In 2002, the Dundalk site was sold for €16.4m to the Department of Education and repurposed for the campus of Dundalk Institute of Technology . Carroll's rented back a small section for its remaining factory operations, until finally ceasing its Dundalk operations in 2008. Carrolls remains an Irish company with deep connections to hundreds of retirees and nearly 40 staff based in their Dublin offices. In 2013, some lawmakers suggested PJ Carroll should be prohibited from speaking with lawmakers on

864-414: Was appointed Finance spokesperson in 2002. In that role, he was a consistent critic of government economic policy. In particular, he warned about the government's overreliance on the property sector and said that the government was ignoring the erosion of competitiveness and the loss of export market share as a growing construction sector temporarily insulated the economy from their effects. In 2006, he told

896-430: Was described by the journalist Frank McDonald as "way ahead of anything else in Ireland at the time". In 1974, to mark the 150th anniversary of its founding, P.J. Carroll published an illustrated booklet by the writer James Plunkett: P. J. Carroll & Co. Ltd, Dublin & Dundalk - A Retrospect , outlining the development of the company in its historical context. Carroll's was acquired by Rothmans in 1990; Rothmans

928-609: Was elected to Meath County Council in 1979 and was elected to Seanad Éireann in 1981, as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel . At the February 1982 general election , he was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael TD for the Dublin North-Central constituency. After an initial period on the backbenches, Bruton was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Energy , following the dismissal of Edward Collins in September 1986. In opposition after 1987, Bruton served in

960-460: Was held and the 70 members cast their vote. The outcome was that the parliamentary party voted confidence in Enda Kenny as leader. Bruton then declined to comment as to whether he would serve in Kenny's front bench, despite saying earlier that it would be hypocritical to do so. On 1 July 2010, he was appointed by Kenny as spokesperson on Enterprise, Trade and Innovation. Bruton was appointed by

992-527: Was not appointed to cabinet in the Government of the 33rd Dáil . On 22 July 2020, Bruton was elected chair of the Fine Gael parliamentary party. He served as chair until September 2023, when he was succeeded by Alan Dillon . On 5 September 2023, he announced that he would not contest the next general election . Carroll%27s P. J. Carroll & Company Limited , often called Carroll's ,

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1024-535: Was the Chair of the Fine Gael parliamentary party from July 2020 to September 2023. He previously served as Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment from 2018 to 2020, Minister for Education and Skills from 2016 to 2018, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation from 2011 to 2016, Deputy leader of Fine Gael from 2002 to 2010, Minister for Enterprise and Employment from 1994 to 1997 and Minister of State for Energy Affairs from 1986 to 1987. He

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