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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Helen McEntee

Fine Gael

Constituency / panel
Meath East
Membership
2024-11-29 → current
Office
Minister for Education and Youth (2025-05-02 → 2025-11-18)
Office
Minister for Education (2025-01-23 → 2025-05-01)
Office
Minister for Defence (2025-11-18 → current)
Office
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (2025-11-18 → current)

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 Lobbying2025-09-09

Lobbying return by National Principals' Forum

Education and Training
Intended results

We continue to highlight issues maligning our primary education system and seeking to work collaboratively with government towards timely, practical and positive change. We would like to secure a meeting with our Minister for Education or the Joint Oireachtas Committee to…

Register of Lobbying2025-09-08

Lobbying return by Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)

Education and Training
Intended results

Consultation with Synge Street school community, including parents, teachers and students::Pause of plans in order to implement a fair consultation and decision-making process

Register of Lobbying2025-09-04

Lobbying return by The Ark Childrens Cultural Centre CLG (The Ark)

Education and Training
Intended results

Awareness of The Ark's work and discussion of any ways that this work could contribute to the DEIS Plus programme once it is announced

Register of Lobbying2025-09-02

Lobbying return by National Dairy Council

Education and Training
Intended results

To request that her department writes to schools to make them aware of the EU-Funded School Milk Scheme and encourage participation in the way that she does for the Food Dudes scheme.

Register of Lobbying2025-09-01

Lobbying return by Hibernia College

Education and Training
Intended results

To secure a meeting :: A meeting to outline the potential barriers and opportunities for Hibernia to support increased supply of Teachers

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Hibernia College" has no legal form. "HIBERNIA COLLEGE UNLIMITED COMPANY" (CRO 328066) 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 Lobbying2025-09-01

Lobbying return by iScoil

Education and Training
Intended results

Publication of the action plan of the out-of-school review (published 2022), and a request to increase the number of funded places to iScoil to respond to the number of Tusla referrals to iScoil (a pre-budget submission/proposal was given to the Minister).

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "iScoil" has no legal form. "ISCOIL COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 510946) 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 Lobbying2025-06-30

Lobbying return by Kinia

Education and Training
Intended results

Further funding and support to expand our programme delivery.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Kinia" equals CRO name "KINIA" (CRO 577094) 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 Lobbying2025-06-25

Lobbying return by iScoil

Education and Training
Intended results

To inform the Minister about iScoil's service. To advocate for the publication of the Out of School Review Action Plan.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "iScoil" has no legal form. "ISCOIL COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 510946) 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 Family Carers Ireland

Education and Training
Intended results

Improve supports for children with additional educational needs

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Family Carers Ireland" equals CRO name "FAMILY CARERS IRELAND" (CRO 572819) 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 Lobbying2025-05-21

Lobbying return by Education for Sustainability

Education and Training
Intended results

As a not for profit social enterprise focusing importance of climate literacy in primary and post primary schools and the supports in policy to scale wider and to increase funding in this area

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Education for Sustainability" has no legal form. "EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 688685) 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 Irish League of Credit Unions

Education and Training
Intended results

Meeting requested with Minister McEntee to discuss how credit unions can fund IT equipment required by schools pupils particularly specific types of laptops

Register of Lobbying2025-05-21

Lobbying return by Irish Council for Psychotherapy

Education and Training
Intended results

Session Limitations is ICP’s central concern. Short-term psychotherapeutic support services are neither intended nor designed to address the psychological consequences of adverse & traumatic childhood experiences. Nor are they designed to identify & assess the different layers…