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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 Lobbying2026-09-15

Lobbying return by Sodali & Co

Arts
Intended results

Ireland Fashion Week, as de facto representative of more than 90 Irish designers, sought meetings with officials to discuss areas of potential Government support for the efforts to showcase and scale Ireland’s native fashion industry on the national and international stage.

Register of Lobbying2025-09-12

Lobbying return by Galway Film Resource Centre Limited

Arts
Intended results

Reinstating the Section 481 Regional Film DevelopmentUplift::Establishing a dedicated Regional Producers Fund::Empower Agency for Regioanl Stakeholders::Enhance Section 481A Digital Games Tax Credit::Double Discretionary Funding for Games

Register of Lobbying2025-05-21

Lobbying return by Abbey Theatre

Arts
Intended results

To update Government officials on plans for the Abbey Theatre including the Business Case for the redevelopment project. To promote awareness of the need for continued support of the redevelopment.

Register of Lobbying2025-01-13

Lobbying return by Galway Film Resource Centre Limited

Arts
Intended results

Establishment of a Regional Development Strategy for the Screen Industries including amendment of the Section 481 Tax Credit to address regional production.

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 Lobbying2024-09-10

Lobbying return by Galway Film Resource Centre Limited

Arts
Intended results

Reinstating the Section 481 Regional Film DevelopmentUplift::Establishing a dedicated €10 million Regional Fund through Screen Ireland::Developing Regional Clusters to bolster regional producers and capacity

Register of Lobbying2024-05-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Hospice Foundation

Arts
Intended results

Awareness about the arts and creative work being undertaken by Irish Hospice Foundation.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "The Irish Hospice Foundation" equals CRO name "THE IRISH HOSPICE FOUNDATION" (CRO 114617) 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 Lobbying2023-09-21

Lobbying return by National Gallery of Ireland

Arts
Intended results

Generating awareness of the Gallery's 2022 programme of activities, the use of public funds allocated to the Gallery and the Gallery's impact on audiences in 2022.::Generating awareness of the Gallery's exhibition programme in 2023, the Gallery's international partnerships…

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by Screen Composers Guild of Ireland

Arts
Intended results

Commitment to bring in levy under OSMR bill in timely fashion::Use of any income from levy to fund Irish created and owned screen content of value benefiting screen industry including composers, writers, directors

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Screen Composers Guild of Ireland" has no legal form. "SCREEN COMPOSERS GUILD OF IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 627171) 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 Lobbying2023-01-09

Lobbying return by Galway Film Resource Centre Limited

Arts
Intended results

Reinstatement of S481 uplift for 2023 and 2024 at 5%::Funding to sustain and scale regional audiovisual development::Assessment and support of the establishment of regional audiovisual infrastructure

Register of Lobbying2021-01-17

Lobbying return by Galway Film Resource Centre Limited

Arts
Intended results

Extension of S481 uplift for 2021 at 5%::Funding to sustain and scale regional audiovisual development::Assessment and support of the establishment of regional audiovisual infrastructure

Register of Lobbying2020-08-05

Lobbying return by Galway Film Resource Centre Limited

Arts
Intended results

Urgent request to extend the Section 481 Regional Film Development Uplift at 5% into 2021 and beyond because of the impact on Film Production in the regions cause by Covid19