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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Catherine Connolly

Unaffiliated

Constituency / panel
Galway West
Membership
2024-11-29 → 2025-10-25
Committees
4 ended
0
Declared items
0
CRO-matched interests
0
Awards to declared companies
1005
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
0
SIPO donation records
132 of 158 divisions
84%
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 Lobbying2024-01-19

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

To highlight the following priorities for Budget 2024::Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR).::- A fair share of the €1bn Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) must be ringfenced for farmers.::- Potential displacement in the UK market in 2024 of €300m of beef and €75m of sheep meat due to…

Register of Lobbying2023-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

To highlight area's of concern by submitting a Pre-Budget 2024 Submission as requested by the Minister for Agriculture, Food, & the Marine.::Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) -::to highlight concerns with the Residential Zoned Land Tax, while being mindful of the current housing…

Register of Lobbying2023-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

Taxation measures to support Climate Action::• If any percentage of the farm is dedicated to farm forestry, it should be defined as agricultural land and the Capital Acquisitions Tax (CAT) Agricultural Relief applied to the whole farm.::• Farm forestry is treated in a similar…

Register of Lobbying2023-09-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP)::That all farmers in the scheme must be paid in full on all of their eligible animals. The Minister for Agriculture in his mart meetings on CAP committed publicly that all farmers taking part in the SCEP would be paid in full on all of…

Register of Lobbying2023-09-16

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

Farm Schemes -::To propose a tax credit for new and existing individuals practising as independent agronomists.::To propose that funding should be provided to enable young tillage farmers under 40 to upskill and undertake courses in agronomy and integrated pest management.::To…

Register of Lobbying2023-09-16

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

• The allocation to the Irish farming sector from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) needs to reflect the importance of the UK market to Irish primary producers and to protect them against the disproportionate impact of Brexit on Irish agrifood exports. Farmers, as price…

Register of Lobbying2023-01-19

Lobbying return by COPE Galway CLG

Finance
Intended results

Adequate levels of funding and resourcing for the community and voluntary sector

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "COPE Galway CLG" equals CRO name "COPE GALWAY COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 248134) 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 Lobbying2022-09-21

Lobbying return by Ibec

Finance
Intended results

Ensure awareness of the new skills required in Ireland’s financial services sector and make recommendations

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Ibec" has no legal form. "IBEC COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 8706) is the only CRO company with that name plus any legal form (Limited, DAC, UC, CLG, PLC or Teoranta). Confirm against the CRO record before relying on it.

Register of Lobbying2022-09-21

Lobbying return by Macra na Feirme

Finance
Intended results

Seek VAT exemption within EU VAT Directive on safety equipment across all agricultural sectors::VAT exemption on sexed semen for all farmers::VAT exemption on faecal egg lab testing::VAT exemption on all Soil and Forage Lab Analysis

Register of Lobbying2022-09-19

Lobbying return by COPE Galway CLG

Finance
Intended results

To put supports behind the sectors asks in particular those relating to issues of pay parity, funding adjustments, and multi-annual funding agreements. Charities must also be empowered to seek philanthropic support through a strong incentivisation of fundraising and giving,…

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "COPE Galway CLG" equals CRO name "COPE GALWAY COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 248134) 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 Lobbying2022-09-19

Lobbying return by COPE Galway CLG

Finance
Intended results

Seeking increases in social welfare, pension and fuel allowance rates; asking that Budget 2023 commits resources required to tackle homelessness, properly resource Domestic Violence strategy and ensure older people can remain living in their own home; the building of new social…

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "COPE Galway CLG" equals CRO name "COPE GALWAY COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 248134) 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 Lobbying2022-09-15

Lobbying return by Ability West

Finance
Intended results

Parity in pay for Section 39 workers in line with their Section 38 Counterparts

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Ability West" equals CRO name "ABILITY WEST" (CRO 41317) 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 Lobbying2022-05-21

Lobbying return by Ability West

Finance
Intended results

To secure once-off bonus payment to frontline healthcare workers who continued providing care to children and adults with intellectual disability throughout the Covid-19 pandemic

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Ability West" equals CRO name "ABILITY WEST" (CRO 41317) 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 Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by Macra na Feirme

Finance
Intended results

Seek VAT exemption within EU VAT Directive on safety equipment across all agricultural sectors::VAT exemption on sexed semen for all farmers::VAT exemption on non-oral livestock medicines (non-antibiotic). farm disinfectants and hygiene products::VAT exemption on faecal egg lab…