Lobbying return by County Kildare Chamber
Development and ZoningIntended results
To inform the Minister of the challenges our membership have with current Government policy
Politician · TD · 34th Dáil
Darragh O'Brien
- 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
- 1
- SIPO donation records
- 72%
- Vote participation
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
302 of 422 divisions
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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Lobbying return by Wind Energy Ireland
Energy and Natural ResourcesIntended 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.
Lobbying return by Wind Energy Ireland
EnvironmentIntended results
Additional resources for An Bord Pleanála.::Additional resources for the NPWS.::Additional resources for the MARA
Lobbying return by Wind Energy Ireland
Energy and Natural ResourcesIntended results
Greater prioritisation of onshore wind energy projects in the planning system.
Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
EnvironmentIntended 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…
Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
Local GovernmentIntended 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…
Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
FinanceIntended 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…
Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
FinanceIntended 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…
Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
AgricultureIntended 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…
Lobbying return by Hardware Association Ireland
HousingIntended 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.
Lobbying return by Galway Simon Community
HousingIntended results
Non applicable - Thank you letter.
Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
Development and ZoningIntended results
To get clarity from the Minister for Agriculture on the Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) and his response to a question on Newstalk where he stated that any active farmer who wished to continue farming and not sell their land for development could apply to their local County…
Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
AgricultureIntended results
That all efforts would be made to ensure that the current nitrates derogation would be maintained for Irish farmers.::To request a meeting with An Taoiseach to discuss the IFA concerns relating to the potential effects to the agricultural sector and wider rural community, due to…
Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA
AgricultureIntended results
To request an exemption for this year from the shallow stubble cultivation requirement on Tillage Farms - S.I. No. 393/2022.::To highlight that due to the exceptional rainfall in the month of July that straw remains on the ground and soil conditions are trafficable for…
Lobbying return by Arthur Edward Guinness
CommunityIntended results
A return to social purposefulness for The Iveagh Markets