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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 Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight that Agri-environment schemes are a critical source of income each year for family farms, contributing to the enhancement of our environment, while improving the environmental and economic sustainability of our farming enterprises. The new proposed Agri-Climate…

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight the challenges facing Irish farmers::To engage with Members of the Oireachtas visiting the IFA stand to highlight the key points in the IFA Budget 2023 Submission.::To listen to farmers' concerns regarding rising costs, Brexit and sectoral emissions targets.

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment
Intended results

To highlight the potential negative imports on the agriculture sector of an unrealistic sectoral ceiling::This is reflected in more detail in a KPMG report commissioned by the Irish Farmers Journal, Ireland's 2030 Carbon Emissions Targets — An Economic Impact Assessment for the…

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by Ruhama

Justice and Equality
Intended results

Awareness of the work of Ruhama and influence on policy relating to Domestic, Sexual Gender Based Violence

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Ruhama" equals CRO name "RUHAMA" (CRO 209799) 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 Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by Huhtamaki Cup Print Ltd.

Environment
Intended results

(With regard to levies and bans to single-use items proposed in The Bill) Amendments to the proposed scale and values of levies, that levies or potential bans take into account levels of plastic content and are more focused on better overall environmental outcomes, that the…

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Huhtamaki Cup Print Ltd." equals CRO name "HUHTAMAKI CUPPRINT LIMITED" (CRO 437202) 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 Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by Merchants QuayIreland Ltd

Community
Intended results

Continuation or expansion of services for those experiencing homelessness or addiction put in place during the pandemic lockdown period, as well as extension of gender-based services and increases in Budget funding

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 Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by Dyslexia Association of Ireland

Education and Training
Intended results

To build awareness of Oireachtas members on the lived experience of dyslexia and the need for: (1) teacher training on dyslexia (2) equitable access to dyslexia assessment (3) access to quality evidence-based supports in school for students with dyslexia, (4) formal recognition…

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed

Budgetary matters
Intended results

The National Economic Dialogue 2022 theme was ‘Building Economic Resilience to deal with International Challenges’. A key issue for the INOU is building the socio-economic resilience of unemployed people and other people reliant on a social welfare payment. To that end, a…

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed" has no legal form. "IRISH NATIONAL ORGANISATION OF THE UNEMPLOYED COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 192768) 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 Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by Irish Air Line Pilots Association (IALPA)

Transport
Intended results

To highlight the misinterpretation of existing EU regulations and raise a number of significant issues surrounding Peer Support Programmes

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by Irish Air Line Pilots Association (IALPA)

Foreign Affairs
Intended results

To highlight Pilot input within the process and request that there is support to urge the Commission to issue its proposal no later than January 2023 to ensure the recommendations are implemented in a timely fashion

Register of Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by Uber

Transport
Intended results

Provide a briefing on Uber's operations in Ireland, including Uber's work on sustainability more broadly. Hold an exchange of views on the taxi market and regulatory framework in Ireland.

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Uber" has no legal form. "UBER LIMITED" (CRO 564552) 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 Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by Ireland's Association for Adventure Tourism

Tourism
Intended results

Challenging the outcome of the bye-laws planned (creating serious obstacles for activity providers)

Derived link · Matched by name with added legal form

Published name "Ireland's Association for Adventure Tourism" has no legal form. "IRELAND'S ASSOCIATION FOR ADVENTURE TOURISM COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE" (CRO 612389) 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 Lobbying2023-01-20

Lobbying return by Limerick Chamber

Transport
Intended results

Call for national aviation policy to be updated and aligned with the goals of Project Ireland 2040::Highlight the impact of business route connectivity on regional economic development::Highlight the lack of daily route connectivity from Shannon airport to EU member state hub…