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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Dara Calleary

Fianna Fáil

Constituency / panel
Mayo
Membership
2024-11-29 → current
Office
Minister for Social Protection (2025-01-23 → 2025-06-01)
Office
Minister for Social Protection (2025-06-02 → current)
Office
Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (2025-06-02 → current)
Office
Minister for Rural and Community Development (2025-01-23 → 2025-06-01)
1
Declared items
0
CRO-matched interests
0
Awards to declared companies
2754
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
1
SIPO donation records
386 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 Lobbying2024-04-29

Lobbying return by Irish Exporters Association

Trade
Intended results

Meeting of the Enterprise Forum in DETE to discuss matters impacting businesses and Irish Exporters. Intended results included raising business issues with officials in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment - particularly businesses understanding and implementing…

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Irish Exporters Association" has no legal form. "IRISH EXPORTERS ASSOCIATION COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 13805) 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 Lobbying2024-04-29

Lobbying return by Irish Exporters Association

Trade
Intended results

Attending Trade & Investment Council in DETE to discuss issues impacting Irish businesses and exporters. The meeting was hosted by officials in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment where domestic and international issues that could impact Irish exporters were…

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Irish Exporters Association" has no legal form. "IRISH EXPORTERS ASSOCIATION COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 13805) 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 Lobbying2024-03-12

Lobbying return by Irish Hairdressers Federation

Budgetary matters
Intended results

Raising awareness of our industry's challenges at local level ensures that the government understands the widespread impact on businesses nationwide.

Register of Lobbying2024-01-29

Lobbying return by Irish Foster Care Association

Budgetary matters
Intended results

IFCA lobbied in order to get further monetary support for Foster Carers.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Irish Foster Care Association" equals CRO name "IRISH FOSTER CARE ASSOCIATION" (CRO 281419) 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 Lobbying2024-01-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Taxation
Intended results

To propose that this tax cannot apply to genuinely farmed land, a means of exempting all genuinely farmed land, such as identifying land upon which payment claims have been made to the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine must be put in place and this land then…

Register of Lobbying2024-01-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Taxation
Intended results

To propose that payment for the loss of this income i.e., forestry premium, should not be subject to Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax (CGT).

Register of Lobbying2024-01-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Taxation
Intended results

To propose that, to better advance or promote increased utilisation of on-farm sustainability measure, farm operations that are utilised for Research Trials/Demonstration purposed (for example Signpost Farms) by Companies/Agricultural Institutions should be afforded an…

Register of Lobbying2024-01-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Taxation
Intended results

To propose that the revenue generated from the sugar tax on sweetened drinks should be directed towards the promotion of the consumption of fresh and healthy Irish produce.

Register of Lobbying2024-01-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight the serious issues facing farmers.::To engage with government Ministers and TD's to discuss how some of these issues could be resolved in next months budget.::To run a poster campaign on all routes to the Championships to highlight urgent issues including; The delay…

Register of Lobbying2024-01-21

Lobbying return by Restaurants Association of Ireland

Justice and Equality
Intended results

To represent Dublin-based restaurant, café and gastropub owners and advocate on their behalf relating to the Government's response to the Dublin riots.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Restaurants Association of Ireland" has no legal form. "RESTAURANTS ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 56224) 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 Lobbying2024-01-21

Lobbying return by Trócaire

EU Affairs
Intended results

Ireland to support a robust gender responsive EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and to introduce mandatory Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence legislation::Ireland to support a UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Trócaire" equals CRO name "TROCAIRE" (CRO 661147) 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 Lobbying2024-01-21

Lobbying return by Amnesty International Ireland

EU Affairs
Intended results

Share Amnesty International and IBGDH research on forced evictions at industrial cobalt and copper mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to highlight recommendations related to the ongoing negotiations on the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive…