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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.

Register of Lobbying2026-09-21

Lobbying return by Chambers Ireland

Local Government
Intended results

Strengthen enterprise competitiveness and investment. In particular, cut business cost pressures, improve access to finance and modernise supports so SMEs can scale and invest.

Register of Lobbying2026-09-21

Lobbying return by Chambers Ireland

Local Government
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

Local Government
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

Local Government
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 Lobbying2026-09-21

Lobbying return by Chambers Ireland

Local Government
Intended results

Fix the system bottlenecks restricting delivery. This includes reforms to planning, judicial review, courts and coordination structures to remove delays and unlock delivery at scale.

Register of Lobbying2026-09-18

Lobbying return by Cork Chamber

Local Government
Intended results

To outline key areas for investment for Cork business with regard to urban evolution in Budget 2027, including investment in public realm, support for the night-time economy and an emphasis on integration.

Register of Lobbying2026-09-18

Lobbying return by Cork Chamber

Local Government
Intended results

To outline key areas for investment for Cork business with regard to urban evolution in Budget 2027, including investment in public realm, support for the night-time economy and an emphasis on integration.

Register of Lobbying2025-09-19

Lobbying return by YMCA Dublin

Local Government
Intended results

To demonstrate the benefits of our Community Hub model in order to seek changes to council policy on service provision for children, young people and communities

Register of Lobbying2025-05-22

Lobbying return by YMCA Dublin

Local Government
Intended results

To demonstrate the benefits of our Community Hub model in order to seek changes to council policy on service provision for children, young people and communities

Register of Lobbying2024-09-20

Lobbying return by Ruhama

Local Government
Intended results

Intended to have the Minister for Justice Helenc McEntee, Minister of State James Browne, and Lord Mayor of Dublin James Geoghegan speaking at the launch of Ruhama Annual Report 2023 & Strategic Plan 2024-2028

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Ruhama" equals CRO name "RUHAMA" (CRO 209799) 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 Lobbying2024-09-18

Lobbying return by Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors ( AGSI)

Local Government
Intended results

Letter was sent to Minister to request a copy of the draft Performance Regulations from Department of Justice & Equality. A copy of the proposed timeline for the implementation of the PSCS Act was requested by the then acting General Secretary Ronan Clogher along with a request…

Register of Lobbying2022-09-21

Lobbying return by Ibec

Local Government
Intended results

Ensure awareness of Technology Ireland concerns regarding Part 5 of the bill and a request to pause part 5 of the bill to allow stakeholder engagement and an impact assessment.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Ibec" has no legal form. "IBEC COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 8706) 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 Lobbying2022-09-07

Lobbying return by Irish Petrol Retailers Association

Local Government
Intended results

Access for trade body to the vehicle driver database

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Irish Petrol Retailers Association" has no legal form. "IRISH PETROL RETAILERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED" (CRO 392079) 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 Lobbying2022-05-18

Lobbying return by Irish Self Catering Federation

Local Government
Intended results

Giving inside to the structure of Self catering in Ireland::Highlight the importance of Self Catering in Ireland - bringing employment to the areas::Bringing clarity of the position that self catering has in Ireland

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Irish Self Catering Federation" has no legal form. "IRISH SELF CATERING FEDERATION COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 359394) 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.