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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 Lobbying2021-01-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

Farm Transfer, Succession and Partnerships - that Agriculture must be removed from the commercial definition and revised in line with the residential stamp duty charge of 1%, up to €1m, and 2% thereafter.::Reliefs for Stamp Duty::- The rollover of consanguinity relief post 2020…

Register of Lobbying2020-09-18

Lobbying return by Vintners' Federation of Ireland

Finance
Intended results

If pubs that do no serve food are not permitted to open by August 31st they will have been closed for 24 weeks. They urgently need support, not sympathy and the VFI is calling on the Cabinet to announce a support package centred on direct financial aid if they are not allow…

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Vintners' Federation of Ireland" has no legal form. "VINTNERS' FEDERATION OF IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 112132) 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 Lobbying2020-09-15

Lobbying return by COPE Galway CLG

Finance
Intended results

Political support to secure increased funding from HSE towards the cost of delivering services for people experiencing homelessness, and older people

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "COPE Galway CLG" equals CRO name "COPE GALWAY COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 248134) 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 Lobbying2020-05-21

Lobbying return by John Gallagher

Finance
Intended results

To promote greater understanding and support for Social Finance Foundation proposals on interest rate restrictions for moneyleders in the context of the General Election campaign and Programme for Government discussions

Register of Lobbying2020-05-19

Lobbying return by Galway Film Resource Centre Limited

Finance
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

Register of Lobbying2020-01-20

Lobbying return by COPE Galway CLG

Finance
Intended results

A financial contribution towards the capital costs of the new Domestice Vilence facillity in Galway

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "COPE Galway CLG" equals CRO name "COPE GALWAY COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 248134) 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 Lobbying2019-01-04

Lobbying return by Galway Autism Partnership CLG

Finance
Intended results

Support from Galway Public Representatives in sustaining the finanical future of GAP.::Communication with the HSE CHO2 West to achieve sustainable multi-annual state funding.::Express to GAP Members and the public the current financial situation that GAP is facing.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Galway Autism Partnership CLG" equals CRO name "GALWAY AUTISM PARTNERSHIP COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 515418) 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 Lobbying2018-09-14

Lobbying return by Family Carers Ireland

Finance
Intended results

Support for Pre-Budget priorities for family carers and end current 'postcode lottery'

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Family Carers Ireland" equals CRO name "FAMILY CARERS IRELAND" (CRO 572819) 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 Lobbying2018-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

Competitiveness::Competitiveness - Low Cost Loans - Government funding is required in Budget 2018 to support the competiveness of farming enterprises and other SMEs through the provision of low cost loans, to fund both ongoing working capital requirements and for on-farm…

Register of Lobbying2017-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Finance
Intended results

To tackle income volatility:::- Extension of income averaging where farmer’s spouse is self-employed - where a spouse of a farmer has a fully separable source of income from self-employment, income averaging should be allowed on the farm profits.::- Individualising income…