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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Brendan Smith

Fianna Fáil

Constituency / panel
Cavan-Monaghan
Membership
2024-11-29 → current
Committees
4 current — Joint Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Joint Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen; …
2
Declared items
0
CRO-matched interests
0
Awards to declared companies
1397
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
0
SIPO donation records
388 of 422 divisions
92%
Vote participation

Lobbying returns

Returns filed on the Register of Lobbying, newest first, with the policy area and intended results as the lobbyist published them.

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Register of Lobbying2021-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment
Intended results

Carbon Budget Definition -::That the definition of carbon budgets in the Bill must take account of removals as well as emissions. The current definition is not consistent with the overall climate goal.::Biogenic Methane -::In setting the Carbon Budget the Climate Advisory…

Register of Lobbying2021-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To alleviate labour shortages in the horticulture sector.::To highlight the issue of carbon leakage by importing peat from other countries::To call on the Minister to introduce measures to ensure the resumption of the harvesting of horticultural peat immediately.::To call on the…

Register of Lobbying2021-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To acknowledge, Farm Assist recipients during the period of 1999-2007 recently discovered that they were not entitled to a full State Contributory pension.::The reason given was that temporary/permanent Farm Assist recipients during 1999-2007 did not make PRSI contributions nor…

Register of Lobbying2021-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Budgetary matters
Intended results

Farm Succession, Transfer and Partnerships - Rates of Stamp Duty::IFA proposes Agriculture is removed from the commercial definition and revised in line with the residential stamp duty charge of 1%, up to €1m, and 2% thereafter.::Young Trained Farmer Stamp Duty…

Register of Lobbying2021-09-20

Lobbying return by Local Development Companies Network CLG

Employment
Intended results

Campaign to preserve the future of Local Employment Services & job Clubs and the extension of the Local Employment Service model across the Local Development Company Network

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Local Development Companies Network CLG" equals CRO name "LOCAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES NETWORK COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 477861) after normalising legal forms such as Ltd = Limited. No other CRO company has this name. Names can be shared, so compare the address and dates on the CRO record.

Register of Lobbying2021-09-19

Lobbying return by Technological Universities Association

Education and Training
Intended results

Investment in technological higher education sector in Budget 2022::To secure €34.5m investment in Digitalisation & Infrastructure for technological higher education institutions in Budget 2022::To secure €44.6m investment in human capital for technological higher education…

Register of Lobbying2021-09-19

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To invite Minister McConalogue to address the IFA National Council on the CAP Reform Agreement.::To seek an income assessment on the proposed Pillar 1 CAP reform measures::To seek a committment from the Minister that convergence will not go higher than 85% during this next…

Register of Lobbying2021-09-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight that Minister McConalogue must clarify his intentions on the draft suckler scheme for 2023-2027, which is now out for public consultation as part of the new CAP Strategic Plan.::To highlight that while farmers will understand the concept of a reference year, any…

Register of Lobbying2021-09-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight that the consultation process by the Department of Agriculture on the next CAP provides no opportunity for genuine consultation.::To highlight that the so-called ‘Town Hall' meetings didn't allow farmers ‘to have their voices heard' as the Minister promised. Only…

Register of Lobbying2021-09-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Budgetary matters
Intended results

Farm Schemes - Suckler Cow::IFA proposes Budget 2022 should build on the BDGP and BEEP-S schemes to deliver a targeted direct payment of €300/ cow, financed from a combination of national cofinancing and CAP Pillar II funds. Roll-over of the BDGP in a simplified format for…

Register of Lobbying2021-05-21

Lobbying return by Threshold

Housing
Intended results

To communicate to the Deputy Threshold's assessment of forthcoming legislation

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Threshold" equals CRO name "THRESHOLD" (CRO 70660) after normalising legal forms such as Ltd = Limited. No other CRO company has this name. Names can be shared, so compare the address and dates on the CRO record.