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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Cathy Bennett

Sinn Féin

Constituency / panel
Cavan-Monaghan
Membership
2024-11-29 → current
Committees
3 current, 1 ended — Committee of Public Accounts; Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade; …
4
Declared items
0
CRO-matched interests
0
Awards to declared companies
143
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
1
SIPO donation records
397 of 422 divisions
94%
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.

Register of Lobbying2026-01-21

Lobbying return by Car Rental Council of Ireland

Finance
Intended results

Reintroduce the essential VAT equalisation measure removed in 2019. But this time, targeted towards lower-emission VRT bands. ::Resist outright the European Commission’s proposed commercial fleet EV purchase mandate. ::That Government ensure that there is sufficient grid…

Register of Lobbying2026-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

Value Added Tax::To register a strong objection to the inclusion of points (vi) and (vii) under Section 65 ('Persons not accountable persons unless they so elect') of the Finance Bill 2025.::That these provisions, read in conjunction with S.I. No. 327 of 2025 - Value Added Tax…

Register of Lobbying2026-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

To object to the inclusion of the sub-sections (vi) and (vii) under section 65 of the Finance Bill 2025 which extends the the existing VAT registration thresholds (€42,000 for services and €80,000 for goods) to include poultry broiler farmers.::To stress that the added…