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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 Lobbying2023-09-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight the growing concern among farmers regarding the potential health and safety risk posed by infected ash trees to road users, but also for themselves as the felling of infected trees is very challenging and poses significant safety risks.::To emphasise that a support…

Register of Lobbying2023-09-18

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight how the New Ash Dieback Scheme must compensate for loss of timber asset.::To require a 100% reconstitution grant for all infected plantations, enabling forest owners to clearfell and replant with tree species that satisfy their management objectives.::To propose…

Register of Lobbying2023-09-16

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight how successive Government policies have restricted eligible land, eroded productive area, increased the regulatory burden and have made farmers wary of committing their land. The risks associated with planting have become too great.::To emphasise that the Government…

Register of Lobbying2023-05-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To seek targeted support of €30/ewe to ensure the economic viability of the sector.::To highlight that store lamb finishers are a vital outlet for hill sheep farmers and play a key role in our production supply systems, direct supports are critical to maintain this outlet for…

Register of Lobbying2023-05-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To brief Members of the Oireachtas on the Nitrates Derogation::Member States must apply to the European Commission every four years to be granted a nitrates derogation. Strict criteria must be met in order to get a derogation. Member states must demonstrate that the higher…

Register of Lobbying2023-05-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To brief Oireachtas Members of the details of the current Nitrates Action Programme::The EU Nitrates Directive requires Member States to review water quality at least every four years and to create a Nitrates Action Programme (NAP). This programme outlines a suite of…

Register of Lobbying2023-05-19

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To invite Oireachtas Members to a Regional IFA Sheep meeting::To highlight that the income crisis facing sheep farmers has reached a critical stage and requires immediate action from the Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue.::To highlight that the Minister for…

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight that Agri-environment schemes are a critical source of income each year for family farms, contributing to the enhancement of our environment, while improving the environmental and economic sustainability of our farming enterprises. The new proposed Agri-Climate…

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight the challenges facing Irish farmers::To engage with Members of the Oireachtas visiting the IFA stand to highlight the key points in the IFA Budget 2023 Submission.::To listen to farmers' concerns regarding rising costs, Brexit and sectoral emissions targets.