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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 ChildVision

Education and Training
Intended results

Progress Funding Negotiations

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "ChildVision" has no legal form. "CHILDVISION COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 453711) 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 Lobbying2026-09-10

Lobbying return by GIY Ireland

Education and Training
Intended results

Requesting support for roll out of GROW at School Programme

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "GIY Ireland" has no legal form. "GIY IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 477525) 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 Lobbying2026-09-02

Lobbying return by National Principals' Forum

Education and Training
Intended results

To contribute to the Committee's examination of Inclusive Education and to provide the operational experience of practising Principals. The central thesis of our submission attests that the next phase of Inclusive Education should not focus on simply additional investment but…

Register of Lobbying2026-09-01

Lobbying return by INTO - Irish National Teachers' Organisation

Education and Training
Intended results

For Budget 2027, we are calling for urgent investment to tackle overcrowded classrooms and teacher shortages. For Government to make a commitment to provide 1,000 new teaching posts in 2026/2027. An end to oversized classes, and an end to substitute roles being covered by…

Register of Lobbying2026-08-31

Lobbying return by Inishbofin Development Company CLG

Education and Training
Intended results

To improve access to secondary education for Inishbofin students and to prevent the depopulation of the island, making it viable for families to live on the island

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Inishbofin Development Company CLG" equals CRO name "INISHBOFIN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 199625) 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 Lobbying2026-06-22

Lobbying return by Educate Together

Education and Training
Intended results

Introduce new Minister Hildegarde Naughton to the work of the Educate Together national office and discuss meeting growing demand for Educate Together schools and how to strengthen school governance and management.

Register of Lobbying2026-05-27

Lobbying return by Young Social Innovators

Education and Training
Intended results

o raise awareness among Government Ministers of the need for youth voice infrastructure in Ireland and at EU level, and to seek Government engagement and support for the Youth Pulse initiative developed by Young Social Innovators in partnership with the Agirre Lehendakaria…

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Young Social Innovators" equals CRO name "YOUNG SOCIAL INNOVATORS" (CRO 412810) 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 Lobbying2026-05-21

Lobbying return by Music Generation DAC

Education and Training
Intended results

To widen and deepen access to Music Generation for children and young people most in need in Ireland.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Music Generation DAC" equals CRO name "MUSIC GENERATION DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY" (CRO 491331) 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 Lobbying2026-05-21

Lobbying return by Transgender Equality Network Ireland

Education and Training
Intended results

Draw attention to the needs of trans and gender-diverse children and young people in education, providing recommendations for better inclusion.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Transgender Equality Network Ireland" has no legal form. "TRANSGENDER EQUALITY NETWORK IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 481106) 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 Lobbying2026-05-21

Lobbying return by Q4PR

Education and Training
Intended results

To widen and deepen access to Music Generation for children and young people most in need in Ireland.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Q4PR" has no legal form. "Q4 PR LIMITED" (CRO 371427) 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 Lobbying2026-05-21

Lobbying return by Irish Second-Level Students' Union (ISSU)

Education and Training
Intended results

We invited the Minister to our Chomhdháil Bhliantiúl and department. To get the Minister to deliver a keynote speech to our annual conference. The intended result is for the minister and Dept. of Education officials to witness the work of the Students' Union to continue to…

Register of Lobbying2026-05-21

Lobbying return by Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Education and Training
Intended results

For the department of education take into account and act on where responsibility of eradicating the education gap for the pupils from lower socio-economic background

Register of Lobbying2026-05-21

Lobbying return by The Ireland Funds

Education and Training
Intended results

To widen and deepen access to Music Generation for children and young people most in need in Ireland.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "The Ireland Funds" equals CRO name "THE IRELAND FUNDS" (CRO 160956) 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.