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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 Lobbying2026-09-21

Lobbying return by Chambers Ireland

Housing
Intended results

Reduce the cost and complexity of decarbonisation. Make decarbonisation more practical and affordable through broader retrofit supports, stronger commercial EV incentives and faster delivery of lower-carbon public transport.

Register of Lobbying2026-09-21

Lobbying return by Chambers Ireland

Housing
Intended results

Strengthen regeneration and place-based development by simplifying regeneration delivery, supporting town and city centre viability, and enabling more effective local investment through stronger local capacity and more flexible urban schemes.

Register of Lobbying2026-09-21

Lobbying return by Chambers Ireland

Housing
Intended results

Unlock land, vacancy and urban viability by activating brownfield, derelict, vacant and underused sites through stronger powers, better incentives, tax reform and more coordinated reuse and site activation measures.

Register of Lobbying2026-09-21

Lobbying return by Chambers Ireland

Housing
Intended results

Scale housing supply and delivery at pace by strengthening accountability, expanding direct delivery, increasing affordable housing output and building long-term capacity for faster housing delivery across regions.

Register of Lobbying2026-09-18

Lobbying return by Cork Chamber

Housing
Intended results

To outline key areas for investment for Cork business with regard to housing in Budget 2027, including the delivery of sufficient housing supply aligned to the Cork region's growth trajectory, as well as a revision of key housing support schemes to reflect market evolution.

Register of Lobbying2026-09-18

Lobbying return by Cork Chamber

Housing
Intended results

To outline key areas for investment for Cork business with regard to housing in Budget 2027, including the delivery of sufficient housing supply aligned to the Cork region's growth trajectory, as well as a revision of key housing support schemes to reflect market evolution.

Register of Lobbying2026-09-17

Lobbying return by Respond

Housing
Intended results

Key priorities to be identified and addressed in Budget 2027

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Respond" equals CRO name "RESPOND" (CRO 90576) 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 Lobbying2026-01-21

Lobbying return by Simon Communities of Ireland

Housing
Intended results

Council Recommendation on Ending Homelessness

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Simon Communities of Ireland" equals CRO name "SIMON COMMUNITIES OF IRELAND" (CRO 74038) 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 Lobbying2025-09-19

Lobbying return by Respond

Housing
Intended results

Key Challenges being addressed in Budget 2026

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Respond" equals CRO name "RESPOND" (CRO 90576) 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 Lobbying2025-09-18

Lobbying return by Property Owners Association of Ireland Limited (IPOA)

Housing
Intended results

To ensure an understanding of IPOA perspectives on proposal for reform to the rental market regulatory environment.

Register of Lobbying2025-09-16

Lobbying return by Cork Chamber

Housing
Intended results

To advocate for measures to ensure the achievement of housing targets in the Cork region, including innovative housing solutions such as above the shop living and targeted financial supports for measures to stimulate the housing market.

Register of Lobbying2025-05-16

Lobbying return by Threshold

Housing
Intended results

To have the DPO include Threshold's recommendations and observations in the final Programme for Government.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Threshold" equals CRO name "THRESHOLD" (CRO 70660) 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.