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Politician · TD · 34th Dáil

Hildegarde Naughton

Fine Gael

Constituency / panel
Galway West
Membership
2024-11-29 → current
Office
Minister for Education and Youth (2025-11-18 → current)
Office
Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with responsibility for Disability (2025-01-23 → 2025-05-01)
Office
Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability and Equality (2025-05-02 → 2025-11-18)

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 Lobbying2026-05-21

Lobbying return by Beefplan Movement

Agriculture
Intended results

To ensure public officials are aware of the potentially negative impact the Mercosur deal will have on Irish beef farmers livelihoods

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Beefplan Movement" has no legal form. "BEEF PLAN MOVEMENT COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 640399) 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 Lobbying2026-05-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight that Bord Bia is responsible for the Quality Assurance standards on Irish farms. It is Bord Bia which inspect farms to ensure these standards. Farmers are constantly told that the customers want high standards. Yet now farmers find out that the Chair of Bord Bia's…

Register of Lobbying2026-01-21

Lobbying return by Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

Agriculture
Intended results

Support within the Dept. of Education to promote the programme within their channels and comms to primary schools. ::Also to discuss any budget that may be made available to support the delivery of the programme

Register of Lobbying2026-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight the following priorities for Budget 2026::Measures to Support Farm Sectors::• Tillage Survival Package - €250/ha for all cereal & oilseed rape grown for harvest 2025.::• Tillage expansion and sustainability scheme must be delivered – 2025-2030::• Increased national…

Register of Lobbying2025-05-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight the devastating impact that Storm Éowyn has had on many IFA members across the country. Thousands of farmers across the country have been battling and dealing with the aftermath of last week's winds, and the unforeseen additional costs that it will bring.…

Register of Lobbying2025-05-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight that the farmers in the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) Co-Operation, based on information to hand, that close on one in four ACRES participants, or c. 14,000 farmers, are still waiting on their advance 2024 ACRES payments, with hundreds having only…

Register of Lobbying2025-05-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To invite Galway members of the Oireachtas and MEPs to meet with the IFA Galway County Chair and officers to discuss the pertinent issues concerning the farming community at present.1.ACRES, 2.TB, 3.Storm Eowyn, 4. GAEC-2

Register of Lobbying2025-05-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

That the Government must redouble its efforts to lobby for the retention of the Derogation, honour its commitments on nutrient storage, and continue to focus on improving water quality from all sources.

Register of Lobbying2025-05-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

That the Minister must meet with IFA to agree on and implement a consistent and adequately resourced TB scheme, including dealing with infected wildlife, in all counties

Register of Lobbying2025-05-17

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To ensure that any actions to restore or rewet drained farmed peatlands is based on the principle that they will be voluntary.::That any developments in this area should be subject to full engagement with farmers.::To highlight farmers' annoyance and frustration about…