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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Charlie McConalogue

Fianna Fáil

Constituency / panel
Donegal
Membership
2024-11-29 → current
Office
Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (2025-01-29 → 2025-06-01)
Office
Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2025-06-02 → current)
3
Declared items
0
CRO-matched interests
0
Awards to declared companies
3367
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
0
SIPO donation records
369 of 422 divisions
87%
Vote participation

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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 Lobbying2025-05-21

Lobbying return by Ibec

Food
Intended results

Ensure awareness of food industry priorities on manufacturing policy relating in particular to three major challenges - the cost of labour, the cost of materials and the regulatory environment

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 Lobbying2025-05-21

Lobbying return by Ibec

Food
Intended results

Highlight the importance of Irish Drinks exports to Ministers travelling for St Patrick's Day

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 Lobbying2025-01-21

Lobbying return by Ibec

Food
Intended results

Highlight practical operational issues arising from the planning for implementation of new alcohol labelling requirements

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 Lobbying2024-09-20

Lobbying return by Ibec

Food
Intended results

Ensure awareness of food industry priorities for Budget 2025

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 Lobbying2024-09-20

Lobbying return by Ibec

Food
Intended results

Update on export market developments for Irish drinks. Highlight issues relating to GI label approval process and brief on Drinks Ireland policy priorities

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 Lobbying2024-09-20

Lobbying return by Danone Ireland

Food
Intended results

Inform Minister McConalogue of Danone’s business in Ireland, our manufacturing footprint, health-focused portfolio, and support for the Irish agri-food sector and discuss the Government’s biomethane strategy and matters related to post-Brexit trade.

Register of Lobbying2024-01-19

Lobbying return by Danone Ireland

Food
Intended results

Meeting with Minister McConalogue at the Danone Supply Point in Wexford, to share an overview of the Danone business in Ireland, our manufacturing footprint and health-focused portfolio, support for the agrifood sector in the climate transition and to discuss Government’s…

Register of Lobbying2024-01-19

Lobbying return by Ibec

Food
Intended results

Inform and discuss the key findings and recommendation of the Poultry Sustainability Roadmap with the Minister. Economic importance of the sector, role of poultry in a healthy balanced diet, sustainability performance, strong flock health and welfare, progress at processing…

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 Lobbying2023-09-20

Lobbying return by Ibec

Food
Intended results

Meeting to discuss poultry sector report with Minister

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 Lobbying2023-09-20

Lobbying return by Ibec

Food
Intended results

Ensure protection for Irish Whiskey geographic indication in international markets

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 Lobbying2023-09-19

Lobbying return by FoodCloud

Food
Intended results

Recommendations for the budget - pre-budget submission recommending measures to support reductions in food waste, food redistribution

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "FoodCloud" equals CRO name "FOODCLOUD" (CRO 531537) 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 Lobbying2023-05-19

Lobbying return by Ibec

Food
Intended results

Ensure understanding of the Irish whiskey protection lobbying activity in the United States

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 Lobbying2023-05-19

Lobbying return by Ibec

Food
Intended results

Ensure an understanding of the all-island nature of the Irish whiskey industry

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.