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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 Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by Hume Brophy

Transport
Intended results

Brief relevant stakeholders regarding the benefits of shared micro mobility locally::Brief relevant stakeholders regarding the risks associated with limiting PPT power rating to 250w

Register of Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by Trócaire

Budgetary matters
Intended results

Irish government increases ODA and publishes roadmap to reach 0.7% GNI in ODA by 2030::Strong committments on climate financing and loss and Damage financing at COP26

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Trócaire" equals CRO name "TROCAIRE" (CRO 661147) 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 Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Environment
Intended results

That the Government cannot use the Nitrates review to introduce measures that are more to do with delivering climate policy objectives, than improving water quality.::To highlight that the Government must undertake a cost-benefit analysis to understand the economic cost of the…

Register of Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Health
Intended results

To invite Public Representatives to the IFA's Let's Talk and Walk events. The Green Ribbon campaign is a month-long campaign during September organised by See Change to get people talking openly about mental health problems and to break the stigma of silence associated with…

Register of Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To express grave concerns in relation to the proposed new method of carbon accounting being considered by the Government in the current carbon budgeting process.::That IFA was to the forefront in ensuring an amendment was made to the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development…

Register of Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To seek a meeting with an Taoiseach to discuss and identify a path forward to repair the deep frustration felt by farmers with forestry at the Governments' handling of the forest licences crisis.::To acknowledge the work that is ongoing under the Project Woodland initiative, and…

Register of Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Transport
Intended results

To highlight to the Minister for Transport that IFA has been actively involved with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) and others in preparing and negotiating a Code of Best Practice for National and Regional Greenway developments and much progress has been made in the last…

Register of Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA

Agriculture
Intended results

To highlight that the combined effect of eco schemes, internal convergence and complementary income support for sustainability (CRISS) will devastate the income of a significant cohort of farmers.::Pillar 1 Changes That the proposed new €1.5bn Agri Environment Scheme within…

Register of Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by Irish Travel Agents Association

Transport
Intended results

Financial supports for the Travel Industry due to Covid-19 pandemic.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Irish Travel Agents Association" equals CRO name "IRISH TRAVEL AGENTS ASSOCIATION" (CRO 34282) 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 Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by Irish Travel Agents Association

Transport
Intended results

Financial supports for Travel Agents during recovery of the travel industry.

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Irish Travel Agents Association" equals CRO name "IRISH TRAVEL AGENTS ASSOCIATION" (CRO 34282) 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 Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by Ability West

Budgetary matters
Intended results

Additional funding to meet unmet needs, generate discussion about the disparity between Section 38 and Section 39 organisations (Ability West is a S.39 organisation)

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Ability West" equals CRO name "ABILITY WEST" (CRO 41317) 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 Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by Ability West

Budgetary matters
Intended results

To highlight the issues facing people with an intellectual disability and their families, locally in Galway and nationally and invite the DPOs to attend a meeting with the CEO of Ability West and CEO of the NFVSP

Derived link · Matched by exact company name

Published name "Ability West" equals CRO name "ABILITY WEST" (CRO 41317) 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 Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by ITMAC - Irish Tobacco Manufacturers' Advisory Committee

Community
Intended results

To inform members of the steps being taken through the Show Me ID - Be Age OK responsible retailing programme to ensure that retail staff are trained and equipped to prevent the sale of age restricted products to under 18s.

Register of Lobbying2022-01-21

Lobbying return by Irish Hotels Federation

Tourism
Intended results

Seeking an extension of the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS)::Seeking an extension to the waiver on Local Authority rates::Seeking a commitment by Government to retain the 9% rate of tourism VAT until after 2025::Seeking additional banking and liquidity measures to assist…