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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)
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CRO-matched interests
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Awards to declared companies
2801
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
10
SIPO donation records
300 of 422 divisions
71%
Vote participation

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SIPO donation reports 10

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 Lobbying2026-09-21

Lobbying return by Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Foreign Affairs
Intended results

That the EU Blocking Mechanism is used to protect the International Criminal Court and those that engage with it.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Irish Council for Civil Liberties" has no legal form. "IRISH COUNCIL FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 411471) 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 Lobbying2026-09-21

Lobbying return by Afri

Foreign Affairs
Intended results

To secure Irish Government support for renewing the UNDROP Working Group’s mandate, including through cooperation with Spain. To encourage Ireland to make human rights and land justice in rural areas a foreign policy priority, including protecting Palestinian food producers, and…

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Afri" equals CRO name "AFRI" (CRO 251696) 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 Lobbying2026-09-21

Lobbying return by Christian Aid Ireland

Foreign Affairs
Intended results

Sharing of information and advocacy in support of the Occupied Territories Bill 2018 and related Government proposals

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Christian Aid Ireland" equals CRO name "CHRISTIAN AID IRELAND" (CRO 426928) 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 Lobbying2026-09-20

Lobbying return by An Taisce The National Trust for Ireland

Foreign Affairs
Intended results

Call to seek withdrawal by the Government of the bill which was before Seanad Eirean, and call on Senators to reject it in light of concerns on the implications of the Investor State Dispute Settlement clauses and trade agreements it proposes to facilitate ratification of by…

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "An Taisce The National Trust for Ireland" equals CRO name "AN TAISCE - THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR IRELAND" (CRO 12469) 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 Lobbying2026-09-18

Lobbying return by Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)

Foreign Affairs
Intended results

To outline FLAC’s views (in tandem with a coalition of human rights organisations on the island of Ireland) on Ireland’s commitment to the ECHR and to urge the Government to publicly reaffirm their commitment to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and to resist any…

Register of Lobbying2026-09-18

Lobbying return by The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Ireland

Foreign Affairs
Intended results

To share the Society's concerns about the continued situation in Gaza. To encourage Ireland, as host of the EU Presidency to encourage its EU partners to cease and desist military support for Israel, to uphold legal obligations to ICC, and impress upon them right to free speech…

Register of Lobbying2026-09-16

Lobbying return by Comhlámh

Foreign Affairs
Intended results

To seek that the Minister address the concerns raised regarding the Bill and its progression through the parliamentary process, including concerns about the potential implications of the legislation.

Register of Lobbying2026-09-16

Lobbying return by Amnesty International Ireland

Foreign Affairs
Intended results

Share key concerns and immediate steps Ireland should urgently take towards ending Israel’s escalating ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the West Bank

Register of Lobbying2026-09-16

Lobbying return by Amnesty International Ireland

Foreign Affairs
Intended results

Request that the Irish Government call on the EU Commission to propose a Regulation to prohibit trade with Israel's illegal OPT settlements under Article 207 TFEU before the 13 July Foreign Affairs Council ;and should the Commission refuse to propose such a measure, encourage…

Register of Lobbying2026-09-16

Lobbying return by Amnesty International Ireland

Foreign Affairs
Intended results

Urge the Government to put human rights, justice and accountability at the centre of EU foreign policy, including by ensuring the EU-Israel Association Agreement is suspended; lead on effective and sustainable asylum and migration policies, centred on human rights; uphold human…

Register of Lobbying2026-09-15

Lobbying return by Trócaire

Foreign Affairs
Intended results

Ireland to commit to a fair and funded phase out of fossil fuels and to support a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty

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 Lobbying2026-09-10

Lobbying return by ActionAid Ireland

Foreign Affairs
Intended results

For Ireland to support the UNGA resolution on the ICJ.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "ActionAid Ireland" equals CRO name "ACTIONAID IRELAND" (CRO 95403) 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.