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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 Lobbying2025-05-20

Lobbying return by ChildVision

Education and Training
Intended results

Secure meeting with Ministers and progress ongoing 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 Lobbying2025-05-16

Lobbying return by Down Syndrome Ireland

Education and Training
Intended results

Addressing and responding to the needs of members of DSI in relation to: Speech and Language Therapy Assistants Programme DSI Data collection specific to numbers of students with Down syndrome in primary & post primary schools. Special Class allocation Issues arising from…

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Down Syndrome Ireland" equals CRO name "DOWN SYNDROME IRELAND" (CRO 131012) 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 Lobbying2025-05-14

Lobbying return by NCBI

Education and Training
Intended results

Securing a visit to the Wayfinding Centre to showcase front-line services for people with disabilities, with a view to securing support of the new Government towards the activities of the Centre.

Register of Lobbying2025-01-21

Lobbying return by Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm

Education and Training
Intended results

The publication of rights-based, robust, child-centred guidelines on seclusion and restraint::Reform of the terminology used to describe children in distress in school including the term 'Assault Leave' in departmental circulars

Register of Lobbying2025-01-20

Lobbying return by AONTAS

Education and Training
Intended results

The integration of key recommendations into the programme for government including increased support for the community education sector, and enhanced financial and wrap around support for adult learners

Register of Lobbying2025-01-20

Lobbying return by Chime

Education and Training
Intended results

Publication of educational outcomes for Deaf and Hard of Hearing children to establish the extent to which they achieve educational outcomes on a par with hearing peers of similar ability.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Chime" has no legal form. "CHIME LIMITED" (CRO 206335) 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 Lobbying2025-01-20

Lobbying return by Educate Together

Education and Training
Intended results

Highlight the issues of reconfiguration and parental choice; the Nurture approach; the need for management bodies to be better funded to support Board of Managements; and student participation, in particular consulting with young people in policy development.

Register of Lobbying2025-01-15

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Education and Training
Intended results

To highlight that the Teagasc Green Cert Course is a crucial qualification for young farmers in Ireland. Approving these courses for SUSI Grants would encourage more students to pursue agricultural education.

Register of Lobbying2025-01-15

Lobbying return by Down Syndrome Ireland

Education and Training
Intended results

To create adequate numbers of mild and moderate special classes in primary and post primary schools.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Down Syndrome Ireland" equals CRO name "DOWN SYNDROME IRELAND" (CRO 131012) 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 Lobbying2025-01-14

Lobbying return by Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)

Education and Training
Intended results

Postponement of 'accelerated' Senior Cycle redevelopment programme::Depth of treatment of subject content reflected in subject specifications::Appropriate weighting accorded to additional assessment components (AACs) in each subject::A schedule for release of subject guidelines…