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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Darragh O'Brien

Fianna Fáil

Constituency / panel
Dublin Fingal East
Membership
2024-11-29 → current
Office
Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications (2025-01-23 → 2025-06-01)
Office
Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2025-06-02 → current)
Office
Minister for Transport (2025-06-02 → current)
Office
Minister for Transport (2025-01-23 → 2025-06-01)
0
Declared items
0
CRO-matched interests
0
Awards to declared companies
3830
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
1
SIPO donation records
302 of 422 divisions
72%
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 Lobbying2023-09-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Taxation
Intended results

Rates of Stamp Duty -::Agriculture is removed from the commercial definition and revised in line with the residential stamp duty charge of 1%, up to €1m, and 2% thereafter.::Young Trained Farmer Stamp Duty Relief -::Amendment to allow the business plan to be submitted to Teagasc…

Register of Lobbying2023-09-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Taxation
Intended results

The proposed Residential Zoned Land Tax will not apply to currently used agricultural land in a manner similar to the exemption provided under the Vacant Site Levy exemption.

Register of Lobbying2023-09-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight how the New Ash Dieback Scheme must compensate for loss of timber asset.::To require a 100% reconstitution grant for all infected plantations, enabling forest owners to clearfell and replant with tree species that satisfy their management objectives.::To propose…

Register of Lobbying2023-09-17

Lobbying return by Wind Energy Ireland

Energy and Natural Resources
Intended results

Change in Government position to allow for foreshore site investigation licence applications from projects which have reached an advanced stage of the process or are located in a draft Designated Marine Area Plan location.

Register of Lobbying2023-09-16

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment
Intended results

To highlight the impact of the proposed Nature Restoration Law by the European Union, which will enact legally binding targets on Ireland, up until the year 2050, across a broad range of ecosystems, from agricultural land and forests, to rivers and marine habitats, to meet our…

Register of Lobbying2023-09-16

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Local Government
Intended results

To request a meeting with Minister for Housing, Local Government & Heritage, to discuss additional changes on the Birds Open Seasons Order (OSO) that are being considered.::To highlight how these changes, if administered, would have huge ramifications for IFA members.::To…

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 Lobbying2023-09-16

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight how successive Government policies have restricted eligible land, eroded productive area, increased the regulatory burden and have made farmers wary of committing their land. The risks associated with planting have become too great.::To emphasise that the Government…

Register of Lobbying2023-09-15

Lobbying return by Hardware Association Ireland

Housing
Intended results

An increase in the number of empty homes rejuvenated.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Hardware Association Ireland" equals CRO name "HARDWARE ASSOCIATION IRELAND" (CRO 124104) 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.