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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Christopher O'Sullivan

Fianna Fáil

Constituency / panel
Cork South-West
Membership
2024-11-29 → current
Office
Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (2025-01-29 → current)
1
Declared items
0
CRO-matched interests
0
Awards to declared companies
1196
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
1
SIPO donation records
385 of 422 divisions
91%
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 Lobbying2024-01-21

Lobbying return by NewsBrands Ireland

Communications
Intended results

Highlight challenges facing news publishers and delay in implementing the recommendation of the Future of Media Commission to review how the EU Copyright Directive is working in practice in terms of the actual economic benefits to publishers from their negotiations with…

Register of Lobbying2024-01-21

Lobbying return by Vincent Jennings/Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association (CSNA)

Budgetary matters
Intended results

A realisation by public officials that our sector cannot sustain the increases in labour costs without directed assistance.

Register of Lobbying2024-01-20

Lobbying return by Independent Broadcasters of Ireland

Communications
Intended results

To outline the difficulties facing independent radio broadcasters in Ireland, covering increasing costs, staff retention & recruitment, updates on the Future of Media Commission report, and the establishment of CnaM.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Independent Broadcasters of Ireland" has no legal form. "INDEPENDENT BROADCASTERS OF IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 166985) 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 Lobbying2024-01-20

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 Lobbying2024-01-20

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 Lobbying2024-01-20

Lobbying return by FleishmanHillard, Ireland

Economic Development and Industry
Intended results

Inform key stakeholders of the national economic and development impact of the de facto moratorium on data centre construction

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "FleishmanHillard, Ireland" has no legal form. "FLEISHMAN-HILLARD (IRELAND) LIMITED" (CRO 164438) 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 Lobbying2024-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Taxation
Intended results

Young Trained Farmer Stamp Duty Relief should be fully removed from State Aid or the ceiling be increased to €150,000, to allow for greater land mobility, encourage land transfer and develop economically viable farm units.

Register of Lobbying2024-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Taxation
Intended results

To propose that, if a landowner wishes to sell land to a long-term tenant, then the CGT Entrepreneur relief of 10% should apply to incentivise supporting the genuine farmer and giving the long-term tenant preferred status.::That, agricultural land that is subject to Compulsory…

Register of Lobbying2024-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Taxation
Intended results

To propose that the interaction between the two CGT reliefs should be removed allowing both reliefs to operate separately. An individual should be able to avail, in full, of the CGT Entrepreneur Relief and the CGT Retirement Relief over the course of their lifetime, subject to…

Register of Lobbying2024-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Taxation
Intended results

To propose that, to encourage the transfer of a family farm into joint ownership at the time of intergenerational transfer, IFA believes that 90% Agricultural Relief should apply where the farm is transferred into joint names, and where the 80% asset test and the active farming…

Register of Lobbying2024-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Taxation
Intended results

To propose that, where a farmer has owned and used an asset for 10 years and the asset is transferred into joint names, the transferee spouse should inherit the same time ownership and usage status.

Register of Lobbying2024-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Taxation
Intended results

To propose the introduction of an agricultural Rainy-Day Fund, which allows farmers to put aside a small percentage of their gross receipts, whether in their co-op, specially assigned bank account or State-Farm Volatility Fund, which could be used by the National Treasury…