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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 Lobbying2026-05-20

Lobbying return by Trifecta Energy

Energy and Natural Resources
Intended results

Progress Trifecta Ireland's view that renewables and decarbonisation are central to Irish energy security and should be considered part of security and defence

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Trifecta Energy" has no legal form. "TRIFECTA ENERGY COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 784941) 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 Lobbying2026-05-20

Lobbying return by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Chamber of Commerce

Trade
Intended results

DLR Chamber calls for resolution to fuel protest disruption impacting businesses.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Chamber of Commerce" equals CRO name "DUN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE" (CRO 12764) 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 Lobbying2026-05-20

Lobbying return by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Chamber of Commerce

Justice and Equality
Intended results

DLR Chamber calls for resolution to fuel protest disruption impacting businesses.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Chamber of Commerce" equals CRO name "DUN LAOGHAIRE RATHDOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE" (CRO 12764) 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 Lobbying2026-05-20

Lobbying return by Stop Climate Chaos coalition

Taxation
Intended results

To request that representatives use their voice at the EU level to respond to the energy crisis to support households and businesses when fossil fuel companies have reported extraordinary profits of billions of euro

Register of Lobbying2026-05-20

Lobbying return by Amnesty International Ireland

Foreign Affairs
Intended results

Outline our concerns relating to the Board of Peace and the situation in the OPT and Israel, and our recommendations for the EU and member states; urge Minister to ensure that the EU and member states centre Palestinians’ human rights and international law in all their…

Register of Lobbying2026-05-19

Lobbying return by Shannon Group plc

Transport
Intended results

To update Oireachtas members and MEPs on business at Shannon Airport Group, its strategic importance for Ireland and to continue to advocate for the Group's continued development.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Shannon Group plc" equals CRO name "SHANNON GROUP, PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY" (CRO 548847) 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 Lobbying2026-05-19

Lobbying return by Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Foreign Affairs
Intended results

Minister to meet with organisation.

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 Lobbying2026-05-19

Lobbying return by Amnesty International Ireland

Transport
Intended results

That the cruel US mass deportation campaign be denied any form of facilitation, cooperation or tolerance. Seek information on whether Irish authorities had been alerted by US authorities of use of Irish airspace, airports or related facilities for removals; what clarification…

Register of Lobbying2026-05-19

Lobbying return by Amnesty International Ireland

Foreign Affairs
Intended results

Call on the Irish Government to publicly condemn Israel’s actions as a violation of international law; take concrete diplomatic and legal measures to hold Israel accountable; put real pressure on Israel to allow unfettered access to humanitarian aid to Gaza; and act now as if…

Register of Lobbying2026-05-19

Lobbying return by Amnesty International Ireland

Transport
Intended results

Urge Government to prevent further use of Irish airspace, airports or related facilities for unlawful US removals; unequivocally denounce the US administration's inhumane mass removal campaign; call on the US and countries of final destination to ensure that individuals are not…

Register of Lobbying2026-05-19

Lobbying return by Amnesty International Ireland

Foreign Affairs
Intended results

Urge that Ireland, along with other EU Member States, ensure the adoption of the long-overdue measures proposed by President von der Leyen in September 2025, in particular the suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements, and…

Register of Lobbying2026-05-19

Lobbying return by Amnesty International Ireland

Foreign Affairs
Intended results

To inform Ireland's deliberations by sharing Amnesty International's comment on some key aspects of a future treaty on the rights of older persons, and providing our main observations and recommendations for some basic elements that should be included in the treaty

Register of Lobbying2026-05-19

Lobbying return by Defence Security Industry and Research Ireland CLG

Defence
Intended results

1. To represent IDSA's membership on certainty surrounding industrial participation policy: IDSA has strongly recommended the need to develop the nation’s defence industry strategy and thereby determine a defined industrial participation policy in defence procurement (in…

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Defence Security Industry and Research Ireland CLG" equals CRO name "DEFENCE SECURITY INDUSTRY AND RESEARCH IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 703887) 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.