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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 Lobbying2026-05-20

Lobbying return by Hibernia College

Education and Training
Intended results

Seek clarification on structure of convention participants

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Hibernia College" has no legal form. "HIBERNIA COLLEGE UNLIMITED COMPANY" (CRO 328066) 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 Lobbying2026-05-20

Lobbying return by The Presbyterian Church in Ireland

Education and Training
Intended results

We wanted to have a meeting to dicuss PCI's lack of engagement on the Forum for Education. As a key stakeholder in Education we are disappointed at the lack of engagement and failure to engage with PCI.

Register of Lobbying2026-05-20

Lobbying return by Reduced Risk Products Association Company Limited

Health
Intended results

The correspondence referenced European analysis suggesting a substantial proportion of vaping products circulating within the EU may be entering through irregular or illegal channels. It warned that weak enforcement, cross-border purchasing and online sales create risks for…

Register of Lobbying2026-05-20

Lobbying return by Reduced Risk Products Association Company Limited

Health
Intended results

The correspondence warned the Bill could push adult smokers back to cigarettes and fuel an illegal market. Over 350,000 adults vape in Ireland, with more than half having quit smoking entirely, yet the Bill would effectively ban the flavours used by 97% of adult vapers.…

Register of Lobbying2026-05-20

Lobbying return by Irish Wildlife Trust CLG.

Environment
Intended results

Gather information on when the marine protected area bill will be released and highlight our key asks to ensure it is ambitious and effective. Gather information on how the EMFAF fund is spent. Address issues around forestry information in schools. Gather information around…

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Irish Wildlife Trust CLG." equals CRO name "IRISH WILDLIFE TRUST COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 85061) 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 Lobbying2026-05-20

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

Education and Training
Intended results

hope to ensure that a space with the purpose of serving young people actually does. That the newsletter is accessible for young people

Register of Lobbying2026-05-20

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

Education and Training
Intended results

The meeting focused on accessing appropriate educational supports for Autistic children, in particular the meeting highlighted concerns on the recent government announcement on SNA allocations/reallocations.

Register of Lobbying2026-05-20

Lobbying return by National parents Council Primary

Education and Training
Intended results

To promote parents views on 1. Reviewing the parental complaints procedures in schools 2.Issues pertaining to special education provision 3. The upcoming student / parent Charter 4. Revised codes of behaviour and when they will be published

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "National parents Council Primary" equals CRO name "NATIONAL PARENTS COUNCIL- PRIMARY" (CRO 258148) 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 Lobbying2026-05-20

Lobbying return by Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society Limited

Education and Training
Intended results

That the Minister could advise her department to support the translation of school material to the Irish language.

Register of Lobbying2026-05-20

Lobbying return by An Taisce The National Trust for Ireland

Environment
Intended results

Information to ministers on use of public funding. Objective is to ensure that funding provided by Department of Environment to An Taisce for the Green Schools program is or will be aligned with the UNESCO GEP initiative.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "An Taisce The National Trust for Ireland" equals CRO name "AN TAISCE - THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR IRELAND" (CRO 12469) 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 Lobbying2026-05-19

Lobbying return by National Youth Council of Ireland

Children and Youth Affairs
Intended results

Seek a meeting with Minister for Education and Youth::Invitation to speak at NYCI Annual conference 17th June ::Parliamentary Questions on the Youth Work Act 2001::Request to speak to local champions and youth work champions ::Raise questions with the Minister in Oireachtas…

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "National Youth Council of Ireland" equals CRO name "NATIONAL YOUTH COUNCIL OF IRELAND" (CRO 58814) 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 Lobbying2026-05-19

Lobbying return by YMCA Dublin

Children and Youth Affairs
Intended results

To demonstrate the benefits of our Community Hub model in order to seek changes to State's policy on and/or secure funding for service provision for children and young people in under-served communities