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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 Lobbying2024-09-17

Lobbying return by Irish Refugee Council

Justice and Equality
Intended results

Provide people who are street homeless with safe and secure accommodation. We believe that no person in Ireland should be homeless. • In the interim, ensure the financial package of support meets the needs of people who are homeless. A weekly payment of €113.80 is insufficient…

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Irish Refugee Council" has no legal form. "IRISH REFUGEE COUNCIL COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 188693) 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 Lobbying2024-09-17

Lobbying return by Irish Road Haulage Association

Transport
Intended results

Meeting request to discuss budget. Meeting request. Meeting request to discuss budget. Support road transport decarbonisiation. Solutions to Ukrainian HGV drivers to continue their employment legally. Asking Gov to intervene on the levy on soil & stone. Calling for an immediate…

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Irish Road Haulage Association" equals CRO name "IRISH ROAD HAULAGE ASSOCIATION" (CRO 43035) 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 Lobbying2024-09-16

Lobbying return by Rape Crisis Network Ireland

Justice and Equality
Intended results

new legislation to bring in this standard in all Sexual Violence cases as committed to in the PoG and Justice plan 2024

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Rape Crisis Network Ireland" has no legal form. "RAPE CRISIS NETWORK IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 363350) 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 Lobbying2024-09-16

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight how vital it is that the actions identified in the Tillage Vision Report are implemented swiftly to prevent terminal damage to the tillage sector. Tillage farmers have faced falling grain prices, input cost remaining high, loss of rented land and extreme weather…

Register of Lobbying2024-09-16

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To call on the Minister for Justice and the Garda Commissioner for the establishment of a dedicated Garda Rural Safety Unit to tackle what has become an international business for organised crime gangs and to ask the Gardai to work with other agencies to see if stolen items can…

Register of Lobbying2024-09-16

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To secure funding in the budget for a bespoke scheme similar to the Horticulture Exceptional Payments Scheme (HEPS) to support the horticulture sector.

Register of Lobbying2024-09-16

Lobbying return by The Wheel

Community
Intended results

To recommend how the Budget can best empower charities, community organisations, and social enterprises. To inform ministers, government departments and TDs about urgent issues facing the sector, and to create the conditions for a just and fair society to flourish.

Register of Lobbying2024-09-16

Lobbying return by Independent Broadcasters of Ireland

Arts
Intended results

The putting in place or adaptation of funding for broadcasting so it would provide ringfenced, meaningful support for the core news and current affairs carried out on independent radio stations who have 70 per cent of listenership in Ireland. The intended result was also to…

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Independent Broadcasters of Ireland" has no legal form. "INDEPENDENT BROADCASTERS OF IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 166985) 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 Lobbying2024-09-13

Lobbying return by Association of Higher Civil & Public Servants

Justice and Equality
Intended results

To request a meeting with the Minister for Justice to discuss the retention of Civil Service Mobility on a 'personal to holder basis' for existing staff, under the Bill.

Register of Lobbying2024-09-09

Lobbying return by Gormanston Community Association

Community
Intended results

A confirmation from public representatives that they would support the local community in their opposition to any port development on Gormanston Beach

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Gormanston Community Association" has no legal form. "GORMANSTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 561093) 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 Lobbying2024-09-05

Lobbying return by SAFE Ireland National Social Change Agency CLG T/A SAFE Ireland

Justice and Equality
Intended results

Contribute to sectoral discussion on interagency collaboration to prevent domestic violence.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "SAFE Ireland National Social Change Agency CLG T/A SAFE Ireland" equals CRO name "SAFE IRELAND NATIONAL SOCIAL CHANGE AGENCY COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 291205) 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.